In 2021 the McKenzie County Food Pantry assisted 6,116 people with 201,001 lbs. of food. The oil industry draws in new people to our area with the hopes of finding a good paying job. These new people have often exhausted their resources to get to North Dakota. Once in North Dakota, it can be difficult to adjust to the higher cost of living, jobs may take longer to find than they hoped, and people can find themselves in need of food assistance for themselves and/or their families. This was especially true in the aftermath of COVID.
