Annual food basket program hits snag despite adapting to pandemic

The Salvation Army’s Havre branch is working with the Havre Community Food Bank on its annual project of handing out food baskets to low-income and needy families, but many who’ve signed up haven’t seen their applications completed due to inactive or unreachable phone numbers.

Salvation Army Havre’s Social Services Director Trina Crawford said this will prevent people from being able to pick up their food and necessitates that they get in touch with the organization to fix the problem before Nov. 16 — Monday.

She said this year’s food basket program is different due to COVID-...