Tennessee police buy groceries for elderly woman who lived off a jar of peanut butter for one week [View all]
A 78-year-old Tennessee woman called police for help with her food emergency.
Police in Knoxville said they received a call from a "confused or distressed" woman and were shocked when they arrived to discover the only food in her house was a half-eaten jar of peanut butter, the department said on its Facebook page.
The desperate woman finally called police to ask for food Tuesday.
She told the officers that arrived at her home she had been rationing the jar for the past seven days.
The woman, whose identity was not revealed, told police she had not reached out for help before because she didn't want to be a burden, but had become desperate due to her dire situation, police said.
She also said she didn't know where to go for help.
But the two officers immediately went to a local grocery store and bought her groceries.
They also registered her with the Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries so she could receive more food and prepared meals, according to TV Station WATE.
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