C.R.O.S. Ministries moving to new Lake Worth location

And, in stark contrast to the article below, we learn about a new food pantry opening in Lake Worth. This one happens to be one of our municipal polling locations. Click title for link to the Palm Beach Post article. It appears in this week's neighborhood section.

She never imagined such need among so many adults 60 or older living on fixed incomes. And she never fathomed that as many as 100 people would crowd the pantry in order to keep food on the table.
“It’s been a very eye-opening experience,” Jones, 60, said. “I can’t believe that kind of poverty is here.”
On Jan. 24, Jones worked helping an estimated 90 people and quietly closed the old site with little fanfare. The food pantry will re-open at a new site on Feb. 10 at Our Savior Lutheran Church on Lake Avenue in Lake Worth, ready to do more than ever before.

Remember that Lake Worth falls between Belle Glade and Riviera Beach in terms of the percentage of our population below the poverty line. Further on in the article, we learn about the actual numbers of people served.

The nonprofit organization, which runs on a budget of $1.3 million and the kindness of donors, distributed food to 55,000 people last year for emergency and short-term needs, and 42 percent of that number were children. Of that number, 16,044 people were given food at the Lake Worth location.