{"id":2457447,"date":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324634"},"modified":"2020-04-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T06:00:00","slug":"aspen-to-parachute-food-banks-swamped-as-economic-crisis-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-to-parachute-food-banks-swamped-as-economic-crisis-grows\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen to Parachute food banks swamped as economic crisis grows"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Residents pick up food at Carbondale at a Lift-Up distribution center on Monday. Demand has skyrocketed after the economic collapse.<\/strong>
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The economic collapse has led to a sixfold increase in the number of people seeking food from Lift-Up in the Roaring Fork and Lower Colorado River valleys, the organization reported late last week.<\/p>\n

The nonprofit organization was distributing food to about 650 families per month in mid-March. Now it is providing food to about 900 families per week at drive-thru sites in Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, New Castle, Rifle and Parachute.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately the numbers continue to go up,\u201d Debbie Patrick, Lift-Up marketing and development coordinator, said Monday.<\/p>\n

In addition, Food Bank of the Rockies Western Slope<\/a><\/i> is tackling weekly food distribution in Basalt and Aspen. The numbers have swelled each of the three weeks that food has been distributed at Basalt Middle School, according to Sue Ellen Rodwick, branch director. They will have food on hand for as many as 500 families Thursday in Basalt, where Aspen Skiing Co. employees distribute the weekly groceries<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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