federal cuts

Bethesda’s Executive Director Chris Leab says the move will allow the organization to save money on administrative costs not covered by the grants.

Second Harvest Food Bank CEO Eric Aft says the cuts come at a time when the need is growing. In February the agency provided meals to more than 76,000 people in an 18-county area of Northwest North Carolina. That was an increase of more than 50 percent from just two years ago.