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Even With New Relief Package, Georgia Could See Higher Levels Of Hunger For Years

WABE

December 23rd, 2020

A man wearing a mask loads a box of food into the back of an SUV in Savannah, Georgia, as jobless workers lined up in their cars at a drive-thru food bank last spring.

Russ Bynum / Associated Press

A recurring scene this year around the country has been lines.

Cars snake through parking lots turned into COVID-19 testing sites. Shoppers wait outside stores with limited capacity.

Families line up for help getting food on the table.

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Even With New Relief Package, Georgia Could See Higher Levels Of Hunger For Years

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