As people across the province prepare for Thanksgiving, the Surrey Food Bank says demand has hit a new, heartbreaking high.

“We just keep creeping up,” the bank’s Executive Director, Kim Savage, exclusively told 1130 NewsRadio.

“Between August and September, about 60 new families needed the services of the food bank… which represents about 120 to 150 people.”

“It’s a record no one wants to set.”

That’s in addition to the nearly 21,000 people who already use the service on a monthly basis — an initial record reached in August before kids went back to school.

“The numbers just keep going up, and it’s a record no one wants to set, to be honest,” she added.

Savage says the organization is working to ensure people are being fed, but she admits it’s hard.

“We’re really working with a lot

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