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The COVID-19 pandemic halted a summer feeding program for kids in Marlboro County. It finally returned, in a county where one in three children does not have a guaranteed next meal.
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Without power since last weekend's hailstorm, Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen has been unable to cook food. Many of its neighbors are in the same spot.
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A weekend storm that hammered a section of Rock Hill has energized the community's spirit. But there's still a long way to go before Southside is back to normal.
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Rumored to be closing (it's not) Spartanburg Soup Kitchen is seeing a steady uptick in residents coming in for meals and, almost as vital, shoes to get them by.
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Starting March 4, the City of Columbia will be launching a mobile food market to help combat the food disparity problem in the area.
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South Carolina boasts nearly 200 miles of ocean coastline. Yet, it has one of the highest rates of households without enough to eat. Now struggling fishermen are teaming up to help feed those in need.
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A Piggly Wiggly store meant to buoy a food desert in Southside Spartanburg closed barely a year after it opened, despite all expectations that it would succeed. Its closure is a case study on the perils of simplistic solutions to complicated problems.
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Urban Institute has charted how the maximum allotment for assistance through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program line up with reality. In South Carolina, it's a mixed bag.
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Rock Hill's historically Black South Side neighborhood doesn't have a supermarket where most of its residents live. Through urban gardening and a centrally located market, a small nonprofit named FARMacy is bringing healthy, fresh produce to its neighbors.
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ACTS, or Area Churches Together Serving, is a faith-based nonprofit that hosts eight food distribution events per month around the Aiken region. This one in Saluda County is less an event than a love story.