as those decades that I served.

And so to find an organization that has such an outsized impact on so many people and so many partner agency food pantries across the state, it just seemed like the perfect fit.

And it was really funny.

I got a good story.

The general officer that I worked for, it's like the second week I met Karen Scheer, we had a big campaign.

And it was around – I was in a costume, and it was on the news.

And I got a text message that night from him.

know.

as those decades that I served.

And so to find an organization that has such an outsized impact on so many people and so many partner agency food pantries across the state, it just seemed like the perfect fit.

And it was really funny.

I got a good story.

The general officer that I worked for, it's like the second week I met Karen Scheer, we had a big campaign.

And it was around – I was in a costume, and it was on the news.

And I got a text message that night from him.

you know.

Care and Share sprang into action, setting up a no-cost grocery store.

We kept running into people saying, "I've always donated to Care and Share.

I never thought that someday I would need your help." And so really neat to see those people that have supported our organization for so long, for Care and Share to be there in, like, the hardest time of some of their lives, just to stop by and get some cases of water or some, some food for the day.

He assumed it would mostly be unhoused individuals, senior citizens, and veterans.

And while all those three things are true, it was only about 25% of the picture, and the truth is that we're serving single and dual income families, full-time employees, teachers and school staffs, and nurses and hospital staffs, and active duty military and their families.

We live in a pretty high-income spot.

A lot of people have a hard time making it through the whole month.