Brenda Washington can remember standing in a ‘surplus food’ line back in the 1960s as a teen with her family. Now, as the director of community services for The North Church, she and her staff of volunteers serve nearly 300 North Philly residents nutritious food and produce each week.
‘There are a lot of issues [surrounding food insecurity] and there’s no easy or quick answer,’ said Washington. ‘We’ve been dealing with this for how long? When I was growing up I stood in line — we got surplus cheese, dry milk and food, it kept our family fed.
