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More Middle-Class Families Heading to Food Banks

posted by wowOwow | The Women on the Web
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 4:45pm EST

As unemployment mounts, out-of-work secretaries, marketers and realtors are looking for a free mealPost | Today 4:00 pm

Here’s food for thought: Five years ago, the average annual income among food-bank clients was $11,200, according to Feeding America. Now, volunteers say they’ve served people who were making six-figure salaries.

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p> As unemployment rose last year, the number of Americans using food banks jumped by 30 percent, the Chicago-based nonprofit reports. In a recent CNN interview, food-bank workers in the San Francisco Bay ...

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