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In 2007, there were 335 visits to the pantry....Since January, the number of visits is already at 323, with 78 in May alone."

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Posted on July 20, 2008 - 3:01pm at Stone Soup Station
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The lunch crowd at Community Care Fellowship is the biggest I've seen it, and the ladies who run the dayroom there tell me it's unbelievable how many people are coming in asking for help, for everything from food to clothing to medicines to rent to gas money to help with utility bills.

"A recent survey showed that 99 percent of their food banks have seen a surge in the number of clients."

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Posted on May 27, 2008 - 7:16am at Stone Soup Station
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'Food prices are way up. Workers' inflation-adjusted earnings are down:" Republican economic theory in action.....

Odds and Ends

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Posted on March 11, 2008 - 2:41pm at This Is LaVergne
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"We've seen a steady decrease in financial support,"

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Posted on March 3, 2008 - 7:20am at Stone Soup Station
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More news fitting for a Monday morning...

Lowell Sun (Massachusetts)
March 2, 2008 Sunday
Charities struggle as economy swoons

By Chris Camire, ccamire@lowellsun.com

Brenda Hassett noticed about a year ago that the House of Hope's mail was slowing down.

Batali/Celebrity Cookbook - Free Download

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Posted on February 26, 2008 - 9:50pm at Music City Bloggers
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…and it’s fabulous - as is anything my Mario touches!  And for each download $1 is donated to your local America’s Second Harvest - the nation’s largest charitable hunger relief organization.  So if that won’t make you click here, well then i give up.

Theft

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Posted on February 13, 2008 - 12:43am at This is Smyrna, Tn.
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Some people want to get involved. They want to live in a better community and they go about doing something about it. Some work with children, some help social services like the food bank, and some plant trees.

Rene Drain is one such person and through the town's Beautification Committee she has worked on several projects. One is the building of trail head projects. One was in the Sharp Springs Natural Area and in November she plants, dug, and made a nice area for people to visit.

How We Can Help Tennesseans Affected by Disaster

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Posted on February 7, 2008 - 11:17am at The Donkey's Mouth
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A left-leaning blogger offers his advice to those interested in helping those affected by the worst tornado damage in these areas in decades. In addition to his direct experience with the damaged areas, he and other bloggers request that donations should be made to the following:

 

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