Tables reach their limits: supply of thousands of people in Eilenburg and surrounding cities with ever greater challenges

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work of the tables: Without donations it doesn't work

The Delitzscher Tafel is currently supplying three and a half to four thousand people in Delitzsch, Eilenburg, Laußig and Schkeuditz. Jutta Faak, the 81-year-old boss of the Tafel, explains that her team is increasingly reaching its limits due to rising costs. For this reason, donations of any size are extremely welcome for the association. An example of this is the support of the Eilenburg Edeka Center, which recently spent 100 pockets with staple foods and drugstore products. These fundraisers may only be a drop on the hot stone, but are very commendable. Faak emphasizes that the table is still "reasonably over the rounds", but without donations it cannot continue their work.

The support of the cities, especially in the form of encores, remains constant, but the costs for petrol, wages, electricity and the number of people seeking help would constantly increase. This means that Faak often does not know where to get the additional money from. Many households feel the same problem. Faak points out that many of their customers have to pay more attention to their money due to financial restrictions.

Elisabeth Leyh, head of the Edeka market in Eilenburg, confirms that more and more people have to pay attention to the price-performance ratio. Usually the bags at the cash register are sold for five euros and then passed on to the board. However, since it is becoming increasingly difficult for many customers, fewer bags would be given. For this reason, the EDEKA company assumes the costs this time.

colleague urgently wanted

In addition to a growing number of refugees, more and more older people are among the customers of the board. Faak admits that it is startled when she sees her customers' pension slips. She emphasizes that some older people have to make do with only 1.32 euros per day, which is very painful. Another problem is the lack of volunteers. FAAK and her team therefore appeal to everyone who is interested in working in the office in Delitzsch.

This article is based on information from the LVZ and was processed accordingly.