Food pantries brace for influx of need as extra SNAP benefits end

Delmont resident John Kujava (right) watches Tuesday as volunteer Bob Wasco of Monroeville loads a box of food into the back of Kujava’s pickup during the monthly Westmoreland County Food Bank distribution at the Mother of Sorrows food pantry in Murrysville. According to food distribution coordinator Don Teti, 12,000 pounds of food was distributed in the past month.

Volunteers John Uffner (left) of Delmont and Grant Miller, a Greensburg Central Catholic student, help load vehicles with food donations Tuesday during the monthly Westmoreland County Food Bank distribution at the Mother of Sorrows food pantry in Murrysville.

Registered families line the front of the Salvation Army in New Kensington to pick up supplies of food on Feb. 3.

Gene Soprano and Gabrielle Han load a vehicle full of food at the Salvation Army in New Kensington on Feb. 3.

Volunteer Bob Wasco of Monroeville grabs the last box of food donations for a vehicle as more cars line up to receive food Tuesday during the monthly Westmoreland County Food Bank distribution at the Mother of Sorrows food pantry in Murrysville.