Lack of budget hurting families relying on local food pantries

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CHRISTOPHER, IL – (Sean Conway, WSIL-TV.  Please click on the link above to read the full story and watch the video.  Here is an excerpt below.)

As we near closer to the summer season, many area food pantries find it harder to keep the shelves stocked each month.

Pantries like the Ministry For The Broken Hearted in Christopher have been struggling to make ends meet for the hungry lately.

A recent cut in funding by a local church has led the pantry to make cuts of their own, making it harder to feed the 300 families they serve each month.