Waiting in the Food Line: NASW Member Quoted in CBS News Clip

Jun 6, 2008

Kelli Garrett, a member of NASW, Tennessee Chapter and program services manager with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, was quoted in this CBS Evening News clip that ran on Monday, June 2, 2008.


Direct link to the video: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4147702n

She was also quoted in a recent USA Today article, “New breed of American emerges in need of food“.

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