Iraq veteran depends on food bank to feed family?

East Valley food bank is lifeline for Iraq veteran’s family
East Valley Tribune
September 25, 2013

For Iraq War veteran “John,” his wife “Sharon” and their teenage son and daughter, United Food Bank is the lifeline that helps them get by.

For the past 10 months they’ve showed up regularly when the food bank’s mobile pantry comes to their neighborhood.

John had served 10 years in the military and intended to make it his career when an injury sent him back to civilian life just as the economy was shrinking and his kids were growing.

The family caught the attention of Denise Montana, United Food Bank’s agency relations coordinator, who oversees the organization’s two mobile food pantries.

An Air Force veteran herself, Montana has an affinity for the many veterans who depend on the food bank to make ends meet.
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