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Catholic Charities Boston to Distribute 4,000 Thanksgiving Meals as Local Demand Soars Due to Rising Living Costs and SNAP Benefits Uncertainty
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“You make $400 or $300 a week. You think you can buy food, pay rent, pay electricity, pay gas, pay all the bills in the house? You can’t afford it,” Guerrero, 77, a retired head cook, said earlier this month, clutching her cane as she sat beside her daughter and son at the Catholic Charities food pantry in Lynn.
MassLive highlighted the mounting pressure facing social services agencies as more families turn to food pantries to fill the gaps from food insecurity.
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