Demand for meals at Our Place up

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The number of meals served at Our Place Society dramatically increased from 36,000 in September to 58,000 in October.

A society that helps Victoria’s most vulnerable people is seeing record numbers accessing their services.In October ‘Our Place’ served a record number of meals and demand only seems to be increasing. The society says one of the reasons is the onset of colder weather.

Watch the story: Demand Up for Meals at Our Place 

Source: Chek News

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