Total visits are up 15% over October and a cumulative 26% since September.
These numbers represent new guests (first-time users of LIFT-UP services) as well as returning guests that may not generally visit pantries in the first week of the month. Guests are currently limited to one visit a week to ensure equal access.
There was a similar increase in unique individuals. These visits are also up 15% since last month and have increased by a cumulative 25% since September.
"Unique individual" represents all members of a household, i.e., a registered family of five's visit will be recorded as one household and five unique individuals.
LIFT-UP software recorded 29 new registrations. Pantry managers have also reported many new guests, which may mean some paper forms have not yet been entered into the computer.
There are currently over 40 food drives going on from Parachute to Aspen to benefit LIFT-UP. A list of public drop off locations will be made available soon on social media.
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