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MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Jamie Mounce was 1 of hundreds astatine this pop-up nutrient giveaway successful Merced connected Friday.
"It's beauteous hard. Even with 2 incomes, some of america bringing successful incomes, it's inactive beauteous difficult. I'm inactive going paycheck to paycheck," Mounce said.
Mounce receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, but her EBT paper didn't reload connected November 1, putting accent connected her already struggling family.
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"They've been chopped and truthful has the, conscionable prolonged of unknowing. Just the uncertainty is really, truly hard," Mounce said.
The interaction is felt crossed the North Valley community.
"As I was pulling up contiguous to spot the extended enactment each the mode down the street, it pulls astatine your heartstrings," Merced County School District superintendent Julianna Stocking said.
The Merced City School District is ever looking for ways to assistance its students successful and retired of the classroom.
That's wherefore it donated nutrient to the Merced County Food Bank successful hopes of offering it to families with children successful the district.
Officials accidental this pop-up nutrient giveaway was important due to the fact that Merced County ranks 3rd successful the authorities for kids facing nutrient insecurity.
The lawsuit didn't inquire those receiving nutrient for immoderate signifier of identification, conscionable lending a helping manus to those who request it most.
"The information that you're having to walk truthful overmuch wealth conscionable to supply a basal repast for your household is perfectly insane," Merced County Food Bank manager Joseph Hypes said.
The County Food Bank, which serves hundreds of thousands of radical successful the assemblage each year, had volunteers anxious to help.
"Food affects everybody. Hunger affects everybody. I mean, adjacent the kids. You tin person kids successful sports, you tin person kids successful the arts, thing similar that. If they're not eating, they're not being the champion versions of themselves," Hypes said.
The Merced County Food Bank is ever looking for ways to help, from monetary donations to beverage and eggs, they privation to proceed to provender the community.
You tin find much resources that are disposable connected the Merced County Food Bank website here.
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