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Title: Food banks facing new clients, mounting costs (AP)
Post by: riky on May 26, 2008, 08:42:16 PM
Food banks facing new clients, mounting costs
    (AP)

 


<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080524/capt.8cd078e71ba94e6ab3f9dd09224f45ad.uneasy_economy_food_banks_fx105.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=XzN.K47M1IqLF91BNcTGgg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Lenora  Clark ,center, picks up food at the Emergency Food Bank in Stockton, Calif., Wednesday, May 7, 2008.  America's Second Harvest, the nation's food bank network, recently urged Congress to approve $100 million in emergency funding for food banks after a survey it conducted of 180 food banks in late April and early May found that 99 percent have seen an increase in the number of clients served within the last year. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080526/ap_on_bi_ge/uneasy_economy_food_banks)AP - Jackie Hoffman sifted through a laundry bin filled with aging bread, choosing a loaf of white.</p><br clear="all"/>


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