A story (1) on the white rural poor of Ohio enduring a crushing recession, ignored by the Obama administration, unable to get by on even public assistance. “It doesn’t seem like what we expect in America. It’s what I expect in Africa.”
All across America, it is happening. People are hurting.
For some, this economy may be turning around. But millions of families are at risk of going hungry in one of the richest nations on earth. The number of Americans visiting local food pantries has jumped 30 percent in the past two years alone. And here, in this rural region of Ohio, the very heart of America, the need is especially urgent…the stories poignant.
Tonight, a very personal look inside the lives of families who’ve had it all vanish – jobs, homes, and dreams. How do you choose between paying your bills and feeding your kids?
(1) NOTE: We are asking as many people as possible to donate to the OH food pantry. Contact information is below the fold. Every time someone sees an online vendor with a button to donate for Haitian relief, for instance, they could forward the code link that enables people to click and donate to Friends & Neighbors Food Pantry and ask that vendor to promote charity for our own Americans as well (in the name of true diversity). — Ed.
PART 1
WOMAN: I’m 87 and I’m standing here for food to help out with the household.
LISA ROBERTS: Before they came to us, they went to their church, to their family, to their friends.
WOMAN: Here we’re in 2010, and it feels like we’re back to the Great Depression.
MAN: And there’s no jobs here.
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P.O. Box 26
Coolville, Ohio 45723
877-223-7161
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