With more need than ever before in Sweet Home Emergency Ministries’ (SHEM) 20-year history, the organization has switched to a self-serve system to get food and clients through quickly.
“We used to do the boxes ourselves and hand it over the counter, and the clients would pack it out,” Director Karen Little said. Now, SHEM is moving between 25,000 and 30,000 pounds of food every month. That is up from 6,000 to 9,000 pounds of…