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Residents and nonprofits urge help for food‑insecure families, foster care needs and immigrant supports during High Point public comment
Summary
Multiple speakers during the public‑comment period highlighted rising demand at food pantries, the Fill the Gap campaign raising about $100,000 for 29 local pantries, foster‑care resource needs, an upcoming school groundbreaking and calls to protect immigrant residents; council acknowledged the comments and offered staff follow‑up where appropriate.
During the Dec. 1 public‑comment period, a mix of nonprofit leaders, residents and students asked the council to address hunger, foster‑care gaps and immigrant community needs.
Rebecca Dobbins, executive director of the Greater High Point Food Alliance, updated council on the Fill the Gap campaign launched in late October after a federal government shutdown disrupted SNAP benefits. Dobbins said the campaign had "raised a…
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