"Oh yeah, we've been struggling," said Jody Rodriguez, from Catasauqua.
Tracy Bortz, of Whitehall, says, "Christmas was going to be a struggle for me this year, it really was, I wasn't sure how I was going to manage."
Chad and Becky Gillespie know all about trying to manage. When the pandemic hit, they had to shut down their restaurant, Blondies, in Catasauqua. Then they blew through their savings, and they were not alone.
"A lot of people are in need," begins Becky.
They started handing out free meals this summer -- 350 of them, every Wednesday.
"Just to let others, I guess, just kind of know that they're cared about," Becky says, looking at her husband.