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    Hear stories about hunger recorded at Sacramento-area food banks
    Bart & Tina
    Bart & Tina
    “Hunger is an awful feeling.”
    Carin
    Carin
    “I don’t have anywhere else to go.”
    Kwateca & Mack
    Kwateca & Mack
    "You get more than a meal. You get hope."
    LaVone
    LaVone
    "I had a heart attack and lost my job."
    Wayne
    Wayne
    "Getting back on your feet you need all the help you can get."
    Jim
    Jim
    “There's a crying need for good food.”
    Tammy
    Tammy
    "People ask me: How can you go to a food bank and stand there?"
    Aryan
    Aryan
    “I’m new to the US. It’s hard to find a job.”
    Ruby
    Ruby
    "I’m on a fixed income and I’m a diabetic."
    Lonnie
    Lonnie
    "Sometimes you won’t eat but you’ll feed your family to make ends meet."
    Carrie
    Carrie
    "I came to support my mother."
    Esther & Isabella
    Esther & Isabella
    "We didn’t think of food banks as for us."
    Maria
    Maria
    "I came here for food assistance."
    Denice
    Denice
    "I used to be a nurse. Now I'm at a food bank."
    Ed
    Ed
    “We’re seeing a lot more working poor.”
    Marcia
    Marcia
    "I don't like handouts, but I'm here."
    Kelly
    Kelly
    “I had a job in construction, but I finished.”
    Judy
    Judy
    “I’ve been there. That’s why I do this.”
    Bob
    Bob
    "I'm a donor to the program here."
    Cindy
    Cindy
    "I am a huge advocate of the mentally ill."
    Shelby
    Shelby
    "It’s hard to feed me and my son."
    Annalee
    Annalee
    "Before we had food stamps, my son and I ate beans and tortillas."
    Donald
    Donald
    "He literally had tears in his eyes when he went to his car."
    Gayle
    Gayle
    “I never felt like I was any less of a person because I needed help."
    AJ
    AJ
    “It’s always hard to get the food you need.”
    Quinn
    Quinn
    “People need this food to live.”
    Becky
    Becky
    “Using food bank doesn’t make you any less of a person."
    Kim
    Kim
    "Some people are too ill to walk."
    Dan
    Dan
    "I think its so important to make a difference in people’s lives."
    Margie
    Margie
    "I didn't really understand the connection between hunger and health care."
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