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Bouffe Pontiac users double since pre-pandemic

Bouffe Pontiac users double since pre-pandemic

Donations not keeping up with growing need

Kim Laroche, director of Campbell’s Bay-based Bouffe Pontiac, says she’s having to spend an increasing amount of the organization’s budget on buying the food for the people who use the food bank, leaving less than is needed to pay employees a sustainable wage. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
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