13645309096?profile=RESIZE_710xThough it wasn’t yet July, Boca Helping Hands spent the final $40,000 it budgeted for food purchases in 2025 on 38,000 pounds of canned goods — about a six-day supply — to fill empty shelves at its warehouse.

The organization, like many similar nonprofits, is dealing with higher food prices, government cutbacks and fewer donations.

‘This food isn’t going to last long,’ Executive Director Andrew Hagen said. ‘This is an unusual circumstance because our normal food sources have dried up.’

Hagen hopes to encourage more donations from private groups and individuals.

ABOVE: Boca Helping Hands employees and volunteers unload the truck delivery from Pennsylvania.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

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