Delaware News Journal
With mounting bills, a loss of work hours and an autistic son that keeps his wife from working, Eric decided his family needed help to get through the holidays.
That s why on Tuesday, Eric – who asked that his last name not be used out of respect for his family – was one of the hundreds of people who went to the Food Bank of Delaware s drive-thru food giveaway near Wilmington s Frawley Stadium. You kind of have to swallow your pride and say Let me go out and join everybody, the Milltown resident said, while acknowledging his family comes before all else. It s a lot of hardship. A lot of people out there are living paycheck-to-paycheck.