Francine Russo noticed that there were only five boxes of cereal left on the shelf.
All morning, her fellow volunteers had led clients around an aisle of shelves filled with a very meager selection of food. The freezer had been turned off. They had run out of meat.
Looking at the cereal left, Russo had a hard announcement to make.
“Only families with children get cereal,” she said.
Daily food shortage is one of the many problems that have plagued Reaching Out Community Services, a food pantry located in 7708 New Utrecht Avenue.





