There are a lot of people in Lodi that do amazing things. Some we hear about and some are simply going along without anyone knowing.

For the last few years, one of our local businesses has given quietly day after day. They are responsible for thousands of meals provided to the poorest among us. It is easy to believe that, with food stamps and other programs, hunger does not exist in our town, but the truth is that it does. It is also clear that as our economy has suffered, the need and the problems have grown. This business has provided food that has gone to the homeless, to families that could not make their money stretch until payday, to the sick and the elderly in our local hotels that could not make it to feedings at the Salvation Army, and to children whose parents have spent their money on addictions rather than on food.