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They're counting on you
They're counting on youBy Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Local charities say need is greater than everFood banks around the region are hoping the community will be as generous as it has been in years past."It is more extreme out there this year than I've ever seen it," said Joyce Buckingham, executive director of the Ron Wood Family Resource Center."Between September and October we were up from feeding 2,000 people a month to about 2,700, and we're not seeing an end to it," Buckingham said. "Our needs have doubled this year over last year, and donations are down." The resource center provides food to help people make ends meet - enough for two to three days only - so donations of cash as well as food are needed, she said.Jim Peckham, executive director of Friends In Service Helping, said his organization is also counting on Carson City's generosity more than ever this year."With our current economy, we're seeing people we've never seen before," Peckham said. "Two-in