Food banks helped keep federal workers fed through the shutdown

Food banks helped keep federal workers fed through the shutdown

Federal workers who have missed out on a month’s income find help at the facilities some of them have donated to in the past Nurel Storey a... 00:01:00

Federal workers who have missed out on a month’s income find help at the facilities some of them have donated to in the past

Nurel Storey and his colleagues from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) like to give back to their community. They sometimes volunteer at Philabundance – a food bank in Philadelphia – and on 22 January, they spent the evening together packaging food for seniors in the area.

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