‘Tsunami’ of need: With savings gone, out-of-work Jews turn to JFCS food pantries
- JFCS in the Media
J Weekly
by Sue Fishkoff, correspondent
Robert worked for a Bay Area news organization until September 2008. That month the company laid off 15 percent of its nationwide workforce, including 58-year-old Robert.
He estimated he had eight months of savings. It ran out in six months.
In December 2009, 14 months after losing his job, Robert turned to S.F.-based Jewish Family and Children’s Services for help with rent, utilities and, hardest of all, food.
Posted by Admin on September 2, 2010