Freda R. Savannah Up to three times a day, every day, volunteers at the Episcopal Church of St. Paul in the Doylestown neighborhood fill their church’s small food pantry. The story is much the same at the Salem United Church of Christ mini-pantry on the other side of town. Throughout the largely affluent community and …
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With inflation stretching many food budgets, area organizations, businesses and food pantries are busy preparing to provide Thanksgiving dinners to those in need in the area. There are sign-up deadlines for most meals, and here’s a breakdown of many of them, as well as some holiday meal deals: Attleboro The Attleboro Moose Lodge and Family …
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Twice a week for more than 30 weeks, volunteers from St. Helena come together to feed the hungry. Julie Jenanian, who volunteered for the Community Food Pantry of St. Elena, during the distribution on Tuesday, said that there is no such feeling in the world. “I like to spend my volunteer time nurturing people and …
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The share of Americans who experienced severe hunger increased in 2022, according to a new government report. About 5.1 percent of U.S. households had at least one family member who ate less or irregularly in 2022 because of a lack of money or resources, up from 3.8 percent the previous year and 3.9 percent in …
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