MSNBC Reports on Rising Use of Soup Kitchen Among Non-Homeless Americans

WAGNER (on-camera): “It’s scary to have to live like that.”

DEAN (FOOD STAMP RECIPIENT IN BROOKLYN): “That’s right. And it’s not only happening to black people. It’s happening to Asians, Caucasians. It’s all over the country.”

WAGNER (voice-over): “When the food bank for New York City was founded, it was expected to be temporary. Thirty one year later it’s hard for many to imagine surviving without it.”

PURVIS (PRESIDENT OF THE FOOD BANK FOR NYC): “Soup kitchens were supposed to be for homeless men and now more and more, you’re seeing families seated around their dinner table and the table happens to be located at a soup kitchen.”