"My food stamps is, like, seventy-seven dollars, and I have to spend cash in order to provide food for me and my kids," explains Gloria, a devoted mother who has attended Food Bank For NYC's Yankee Stadium distribution for seven years. Now facing lung disease and possible surgery, Gloria finds comfort knowing her children will have food during her treatment. "My kids are grateful for anything, and they're not picky. They're grateful for what they get. That's what I taught them."

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Transcript:

Gloria:

Every time he see me, like, ‘Oh, here she come! Here she come! She coming for her food.’ I say, ‘You know that!’

I’ve been with the Food Bank going down there for, like, approximately seven years now, and I’ve been getting food, and it’s been helping so much. Sometimes I go home and I cry because I can’t believe this is happening.

My food stamps is, like, seventy seven dollars, and I have to spend cash in order to provide food for me and my kids. I have eight, but I’m four living, so that’s why I’m not here all the time trying to get food and stuff for them. My kids are grateful for anything, and they’re not picky.

They’re grateful for what they get. That’s what I taught them. Like, nobody don’t have to give me anything. My refrigerator just recently broke, and I lost, like, thirty packs of meat.

I was crying. I was like, ‘Oh my god. What I’m gonna do?’

I was diagnosed two and a half years ago with lung disease. Okay. I’m a stop there, and now they’re talking about removing one of my lungs. That’s why I’m out here now.

Getting what I need to get before, you know, it happens.

That way I know they have food in the house. Like I said, I thank God for the Food Bank.

And I thank the people that’s there that, you know, that’s making it possible for us to get it.

God bless you.

I’m so grateful for you. I really am.

I really am.

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Food Bank For New York City is NYC’s largest hunger-relief organization. For more than 40 years, we’ve been empowering every New Yorker to achieve food security for good. Together with our member network of nearly 800 soup kitchens and food pantries, we provide fresh produce, culturally relevant food, SNAP assistance and nutrition education to nearly every neighborhood in all five boroughs. Learn more or get involved at foodbanknyc.org.

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