Decatur, Ala. | Saturday, May 18, 2013
New food drive combats shortage as organizers report greater need
By Ben Montgomery
The Decatur Daily

For those who are truly hungry, food is scarce. Holiday canned food drives in Decatur consistently brought in 100,000 cans until 2011, when only 45,000 were collected. Last year, only 31,000 … More »
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The drop in donations coincided with the DD stories about immigrants receiving food from those organizations.

We had a pickup truck in our area picking up the canned food. The fellow that got out was about 5 feet tall so I suspected he was an immigrent. 3 small kids in the bed of the truck too.

I wish there was a way to help the working poor.

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