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Posted: Thursday, 20 November 2008 5:10AM

Rough Economy Has Food Bank Busy






HILLSIDE, NJ (WCBS 880)  -- If you want to get a sense of how bad things are, come here to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside. Bob Stocker is making a pick up for the food pantry it spots with CDC.

LISTEN: Peter Haskell reports from Hillside

Stocker says, "A lot of people coming in and its a bad time for a lot of people losing jobs."

He and the others here are getting Thanksgiving meals for those in need. 

Stocker says, "It means a lot because they don't have..."

The head of this food bank says there's been a 30 percent increase in the number of people needing help.


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