For our neighbor Shirley, a nutritious meal is more than just food. It’s medicine to help manage her diabetes — and friends like you help ensure it is always available.
Shirley is no stranger to the difficult choices that the high cost of living can bring. Retired, she lives alone and relies on her fixed social security income. Every month she hopes she can make her resources stretch and make ends meet.
Unfortunately, many times it doesn’t. Shirley occasionally must turn to her family for help, or she chooses between paying for her insulin or other essentials.
“I’ve got to be careful. I always make sure I pay the bills first,” she says.
Thankfully, friends like you help ensure that Shirley can find the nutritious food that is so crucial to her health at the Corpus Christi Food Pantry in Bismarck, a partner agency supplied by the Great Plains Food Bank.
With the ingredients for meals like soup, salad and chicken found at the food pantry, Shirley is more confident in her diabetes management, and her ability to pay all her bills.
The impact of your generosity is truly meaningful to Shirley. She says that, with your help, expenses are getting easier to manage.
Thank you for standing alongside the Great Plains Food Bank to make a difference for neighbors like Shirley!
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Shirley shares a grateful smile as she receives nutritious food to help her manage her diabetes.
“It’s getting easier.”
– Shirley