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04.16.2009 9:02 pm

Deep recession is the time to dig deeper for people in need

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 -- Tonya Nettles, an operator at the 2-1-1 help line call center run by the United Way of Greater St. Louis, takes some notes during a call. The help line, which provides referrals to social service providers, took in more than 80,000 calls in 2008.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 — Tonya Nettles, an operator at the 2-1-1 help line call center run by the United Way of Greater St. Louis, takes some notes during a call. The help line, which provides referrals to social service…

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03.03.2009 9:03 pm

Tea party? Bring food

Carpenters District Council maintains a food pantry. Christian Gooden|Post-Dispatch

Carpenters District Council keeps a food pantry for unemployed members at its headquarters. Christian Gooden|Post-Dispatch

Perhaps as many as a thousand St. Louisans gathered at the Arch grounds last Friday Saturday to stage a “tea party,” protesting President Barack Obama’s extraordinary stimulus…

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09.26.2008 9:39 am

Friday editorial: Bailing out the hungry

food_opt.jpgWith Wall Street teetering, there is plenty for us on Main Street to worry about. But there’s also plenty we can do to help alleviate the most extreme conditions created by a weak economy.

The front page of Wednesday’s Post-Dispatch reported that…

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