WEST PALM BEACH — Several months ago, I wrote in this column about hunger and the fact that few of us every slow down long enough to notice that we are surrounded by it. The good news, as we approach Thanksgiving Day, is that there are dozens of community organizations, churches and businesses feeding tens of thousands of people. The bad news is that the problem seems as intractable as, if not worse than, it was several months ago. Take Audrey’s Soup Kitchen at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church near downtown West Palm Beach. When I wrote in July, the soup kitchen was providing about 200 meals every Thursday to needy men, women and children. As of last week that number was...
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