Federal employees showing up to food banks in the hundreds as shutdown enters fourth week: report
Source: the hill
By Avery Anapol - 01/13/19 12:49 PM EST
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Radha Muthiah, the food bank’s president and CEO, told NPR that the workers are “just worried about where to get their food.”
"We've had someone say 'I'll pay you back after I get my paycheck, but I just need [food] now.’”
"It's hard for a lot of people," Muthiah added. "It's a matter of pride, being able to have taken care of themselves and their families and now having to depend on others."
The Capital Area Food Bank primarily helps people near or below the poverty line, but has expanded its services in response to the shutdown and said it would do so until the government reopens, NPR reported. About 250,000 federal employees live in the region, according to NPR.
The food bank is just one of several companies, business, unions and other organizations teaming up to aid federal workers, many of whom received a paycheck of $0.00 on Friday................
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/425108-federal-employees-showing-up-to-food-banks-in-the-hundreds-as
Tomorrow I will bring some food to the local food bank. Trumps shut down is cruel.
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