 With nearly 65 percent of Americans living paycheck to paycheck and poverty rates continuing to rise, this January, which is recognized as Poverty Awareness Month, works to call attention to the growth of poverty in America. I think sometimes we think somebody that is in poverty is somebody that's too lazy, they don't want to work, they aren't trying, but the truth is many people live paycheck to paycheck and you could have someone just lose their job or in the winter time the power bills are astronomical and all it takes is just a bad lick, some unexpected expense and you're just completely wiped out and you're struggling with the person who is at the lowest rung of the ladder in income and so it affects all of us and it can affect all of us but unless we are around it, unless we see it, then we tend to just lock it out of our minds and pretend that it doesn't exist. Apple Icon Wireless just can't stop themselves, get the iPhone 13, 128 gig for a penny with a two-year contract on the Mix and Match or Unlimited Plan, new or renewed line, while supplies last, one penny for an iPhone 13, we are you, we are Apple Icon Wireless. Over 700,000 Kentuckians currently live in poverty and 14 percent of Kentuckians live with food insecurity. Probably the best way to help people in poverty is to give assistance to the places that are helping those that are in need. I know, you know, we have needs here, I know the East Kentucky Dream Center, I know Thankful Hearts and just the name of you that I know, you know, firsthand are out in the community trying to help and if you can help financially, if you can help with just product and then there are people that are in desperate need of having their bills met and, you know, high power bills, you know, water bills and maybe contact helping hands or some agency to see if you can make a donation that would go towards someone in need. But there are all kinds of ways. If you're looking for help, there is a way to help. I promise you. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.