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Recession sends older Americans to food pantries (AP)

In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 photo, Ronald Shewchuk gets a plate for himself and his wife, Helen, at the Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen in Ithaca, N.Y. The Shewchuks have been eating many of their meals at the soup kitchen since losing most of their retirement savings during the economic downturn. Serving Shewchuk is volunteer Jennifer Mason. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)AP - Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first time after seeing retirement funds, second jobs and nest eggs wiped out by recession.

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