Codie, Blanca and Eneida have a few things in common: Money is tight, food is expensive and their kids are always hungry.
 
Our food pantry numbers rose 85.6% over the last year as low-income and even working families like theirs struggled to afford soaring prices at the grocery store. With hunger on the rise and no relief in sight, Codie, Blanca and Eneida, among so many others, rely on our United Way of Tri-County food pantries in Framingham, Marlborough and Clinton for help.