Niverville Helping Hands has its hands full with a significant increase in clientele as of late.
Chair Person Lillis Corriveau says the increase has resulted from jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We’ve seen an increase of at least 50%,” says Corriveau, “and we anticipate it to be potentially more when government subsidies sort of dry up.”
According to Corriveau, the charity’s food hampers have gone up from between 8 and 16 to no less than 25 every two weeks.
Much of this increase has been mitigated by the creation of the Love Niverville Project which involves all the local churches and is being financed by a generous businessman.