Tri-Area Ministry serving 9,000+ people
Wake County is a wealthy county, home to millionaires and thousands of families living in houses ranging in value from $900,000 to $200,000. And there are whole families living in their cars. Wake Forest is wealthy also, even though there are no millionaire palaces. And it is generous, donating to the Tri-Area Ministry Food Bank with volunteers, money and food. There is a growing number of families needing the 100 pounds of food a month Tri-Area Ministry provides, an increase just recently from 1,800 to 1,925 families needing food. That is up from 1,500 families in 2023 to 1,925 now. There is probably no one answer as to why the need has grown. Perhaps it is because Tri-Area’s food assistance is serving an ever-growing area out to and beyond Rolesville, north into Franklin County. The worrying aspect is that the need continues to grow. The wonderful fact is that Tri-Area