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benny05

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8. 1 in 7 Families Need The Bread (so to speak)

Reply to MissDeeds (Reply #5)

Fri May 13, 2016, 02:58 PM

May 2016

I guess that family sees that need for others.

My family probably could have used a food bank at times when I was growing up, but I don't think they were aware of them. Sadly, sometimes the working poor aren't, or if they were, they were too embarrassed to go to them.

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