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STATES, HUNGER IS A
REALITY. THAT'S NO DIFFERENT IN
INDIANA. THEY MATCH THE
NATIONAL
AVERAGE. NEWS 10'S PATSY KELLY
WENT TO
SEE HOW WE'RE FARING LOCALLY.
"CONNIE NORMAN SAYS SHE'S
TEACHING HER CHILDREN ABOUT
GIVING AT AN EARLY AGE. THAT'S
BECAUSE SHE SEES HUNGRY
PEOPLE EVERY DAY. CONNIE WORKS
AT THE PARKE
COUNTY FOOD PANTRY. CONNIE SAYS
SOMEONE BRINGS
A TEAR TO HER EYE EVERY SINGLE
DAY. I HAD A GENTLEMAN
LAST WEEK. WE GAVE OUT MILK. AND
HE CALLED ME WHEN HE GOT
HOME, AND HE SAID HE'D BEEN
EATING WATER ON HIS CEREAL FOR
THREE WEEKS. SO THAT WAS A GOOD
THING. THAT'S A GOOD DAY.
THIS PANTRY ALONE FEEDS MORE
THAN 11-00 A MONTH.
THAT'S UP FROM 300 A MONTH A FEW
YEARS AGO. PARKE COUNTY HAS 16
PERCENT OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE
GOING
HUNGRY. THAT'S 26-00 PEOPLE.
THAT'S ONLY 1 PERCENT BELOW VIGO
COUNTY.
CONNIE SAYS SHE WOULDN'T TRADE
HER JOB FOR THE WORLD. I GET
MORE THAN THEY DO. I REALLY DO.
THE BLESSINGS ARE JUST
UNBELIEVABLE. HEARTWARMING.
MAKING CONNIE WISH SHE COULD
FEED EVERY HUNGRY FAMILY IN THE
COUNTY.
IN PARKE COUNTY, PATSY KELLY,
NEWS 10."
THE PARKE COUNTY FOOD PANTRY
RUNS ON THE COMMUNITY'S
DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS. TO
FIND LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES,
HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE W-T-H-I- T-V
DOT COM.