Economic double-whammy hits Meals on Wheels

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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - High prices for gas and food have hit the Meals on Wheels program from two directions as it runs a financial deficit and loses the volunteers who deliver food to vulnerable seniors.

In Albuquerque the program is tightening its own belt even as recipients tighten theirs.

Meals on Wheels gets low-cost and sometimes even free warm food to housebound seniors.

Often it's the seniors' only contact with the outside world. But now, that link is in danger.

http://www.krqe.com/global/story.asp?s=8461805

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God, I'm so scared for our country; especially for the poor and the elderly. I don't even know what to say.

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