Need Amid Plenty

Need Amid Plenty
Many affluent counties lack the services poorer counties have to provide food to local low income families. jrmiller482/Shutterstock
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Alexandra Sierra carried boxes of food to her kitchen counter, where her 7-year-old daughter, Rachell, stirred a pitcher of lemonade.

“Oh, my God, it smells so good!” Sierra, 39, said of the bounty she’d just picked up at a food pantry, pulling out a ready-made salad and a container of soup.

Laura Ungar
Laura Ungar
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Laura Ungar, Midwest Editor/Correspondent, covers health issues out of Kaiser Health News’ St. Louis office. This article was originally published in Kaiser Health News.
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