Specter of hunger haunts families in D.C. region
Robert McCartney, The Washington Post
Dec. 14, 2020
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A steady stream of cars turned into the Gaithersburg Middle School parking lot Thursday afternoon, each to pick up two cardboard boxes of free groceries to keep a household from going hungry.
Many of the clients only began coming this year, when the combination of the pandemic and the recession forced them to rely on charity from the Manna Food Center. I started when I lost my job cleaning houses, said Esmirna Garcia Flores, 24. She still finds some work, but her monthly income has dropped from about $2,000 to $600. The food pantry allows her to feed her two daughters, ages 7 months and 4 years.
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