Food Lines a Mile Long in America's Second-Wealthiest State

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EGG HARBOR, N.J. -- Jean Wickham's two sons are in college. Her husband has worked at the same New Jersey casino for 36 years.She recently felt secure enough to trade her full-time casino job for two part-time gigs that came with an expectation of bigger tips.Then the coronavirus shut down every

EGG HARBOR, N.J. — Jean Wickham’s two sons are in college. Her husband has worked at the same New Jersey casino for 36 years.

“I’m just afraid I’m going to lose my house,” said Wickham, who lives in Egg Harbor. “I feel like a failure right now.” In Egg Harbor, the long line of Accords, Elantras, Odyssey minivans and a lone black Jaguar carried casino bartenders, poker dealers, housekeepers and cooks. The food bank’s Egg Harbor distribution center, which serves all or part of four counties in southern New Jersey, is now providing food for 2,500 families each week, up from 1,000 before the pandemic, said Kimberly Arroyo, director of agency relations and programs at the food bank.Last Monday, Fulfill, a food bank that serves Monmouth and Ocean Counties, began offering a new way to help people access emergency food.

That number is likely to climb far higher. The antiquated computer system that handles unemployment claims has been slowed by a high volume of users, and even temporarily shut down at least once this week. No town seems immune to the hardship. In urban centers like Newark, where the need was already high, the demand has increased by 50%, said Nicole Williams, a spokeswoman for the Community Food Bank.

“The people that we’re seeing — their lives have just been decimated,” said Amanda Block, the founder of GRACE. “It’s not just the usual suspects.”

 

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