A Hungry Family Lives Near You, Too, so Take Some Time to Help?
New Haven Register › January 05, 2011
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WHENEVER we talk about helping those in need, there's a tendency to set up a false dichotomy of us versus them. That keeps the road between us long and the weeds tall, so that we can tell ourselves they were never us and we could never become them. My message today is brief: In this season of giving, there are more Americans going hungry than in any time in recent history. If you're not worried about putting food on your table, please ask your friends and loved ones to skip your present and, instead, give the gift of a meal in your name.
No matter where you live in this country, there is a food pantry near you. To find one, go online, or call a library or house of worship in your neighborhood.See the full content of this document
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A Hungry Family Lives Near You, Too, so Take Some Time to Help?
I'm done. Here are some of the people, in their own words, who depend on pantries served by the Cleveland Foodbank. They wrote messages on paper plates, about 1,500 s...
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