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Manna Food Centre volunteer Ronia Johnson of Germantown, Maryland, sorts and packages fresh vegetables to be given to more than 150 people coming to the centre for food aid in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As the economic recession has dragged on in the United States and around the world, Manna has since 2008 seen a more-than two-fold increase in the amount of food it annually distributes. Photo courtesy: AFP

Manna Food Centre volunteer Nestor Urbina helps carry 70 pounds of perishable and non-perishable food to a client's car at the centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Food drive signs are stacked at the Manna Food Centre which distributes about 172,000 70-pound packages of food to needy families during FY 2011 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

A boy waits with his family to collect 70 pounds of perishable and non-perishable food at the Manna Food Centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Manna Food Centre volunteers sort perishable and non-perishable food into more than 150 70-pound packages to be distributed to needy families at the centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Shelves in the warehouse at the Manna Food Centre hold food for the Smart Sacks program in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Clients present identification to collect 70 pounds of perishable and non-perishable food at the Manna Food Centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Manna Food Centre volunteers sort perishable and non-perishable food into more than 150 70-pound packages to be distributed to needy families at the centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Manna Food Centre volunteers sort donated bread products at the centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Manna Food Centre volunteer Isaac Pringle (R) helps carry 70 pounds of perishable and non-perishable food to a client's car at the centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP

Manna Food Centre volunteer Nestor Urbina (L) helps load 70 pounds of perishable and non-perishable food into the van of unemployed carpenter Rick at the centre in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Photo courtesy: AFP