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Speaker 1: It's been a challenging year for families in need, particularly

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Speaker 1: those who rely on financial assistance to pay for food.

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Speaker 1: So when Catholic Charities partnered with the United Way of

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Speaker 1: Massachusetts Bay to hand out twenty two hundred turkeys and

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Speaker 1: holiday meal kits, hungry families lined up.

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Speaker 2: We saw people lined up for their turkeys this morning

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Speaker 2: as early as five six in the morning because they're

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Speaker 2: so concerned that they won't be able to take care

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Speaker 2: of their family. It's very stressful.

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Speaker 1: Kelly Tuckhill is with Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Boston.

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Speaker 2: This has been a year filled with anxiety for those

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Speaker 2: we serve at Catholic Charities. They all year long not

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Speaker 2: sure if a program they rely on to make sure

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Speaker 2: that they can pay the bills or put food on

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Speaker 2: the table is going to be there for them. So

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Speaker 2: they come to us and.

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Speaker 1: Once again, Catholic Charities, the United Way and an army

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Speaker 1: of volunteers are there to help. In Georchester. Mike Maclin WBZ,

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Speaker 1: Boston's news radio