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Food Pantries and Soup Kitchens Across U.S. Suffering Shortages--And How You Can Help

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Today is not a good day to be picking up food from a food pantry, or receiving a meal from a soup kitchen. Due to the increasing cost of food, more and more people who need assistance, and less government donations, food pantries and soup kitchens across the United States are facing a crisis.

“This is as bare as I have ever seen the shelves,” said Melissa Travis in a press release on the People's Resource Center web site.  Read More »

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A bowl of hope with a side of life

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A few years ago I went and worked in a soup kitchen. It was perhaps the saddest thing I have ever done. I was constantly scolded for handing people soup and milk. I was supposed to set it down and slide it and then they picked it up. I was scolded for making eye contact. I was told that if I wasn't more careful they would hurt me.  Read More »

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