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The numbers right now are staggering. Marion-Polk Food Share network charities gave out a record 77,462 food boxes during the year of July 2008 through June 2009.
This represents a 27 percent increase in need over just two years ago, and the people most affected by hunger aren't who you'd think they would be. In our area, 44 percent of those eating from food boxes are children.
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