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Laquita lives on a fixed income, which itself has been challenging with rising food prices, but now she has more mouths to feed.

She said she’s been raising her oldest grandchild, now 8, since she was a baby, and recently two more grandchildren, ages 5 and 3, joined her household.

Laquita and her family visit Southeast Missouri Food Bank’s A Better Childhood (ABC) mobile distributions to supplement her groceries and stretch her budget. It’s been even harder during the summer with hungry kids needing three meals a day.

“We visit (mobile pantries) when we can to make money stretch, but we have to cut back where we can and make due,” she said.

Laquita said taking in her grandchildren hasn’t come without challenges, but she is grateful to SEMO Food Bank, its partners and donors, for making things a little easier.

“I appreciate it, I really do,” she said. “People really need the help. Last time I came they gave us watermelon, and these kids loved it!”

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