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Food Pantries See Surge In Need Before Holiday

The pantry gave out around 600,000 pounds of food to nearly 25,000 people.

Food Pantries See Surge In Need Before Holiday
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Food banks are drawing millions of Americans destabilized by this pandemic. 

A football stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this was a line for another food line in Dallas, Texas. The pantry gave out around 600,000 pounds of food to nearly 25,000 people. 

And as millions of unemployed and under-employed Americans struggle to make ends meet, there's been newfound hope that President-Elect Joe Biden can help grease the wheels with top members of congress to get some relief passed.