 September 1st is National Food Bank Day, and with almost 13 percent of Kentuckians struggling with food insecurity, food banks are vital. We spoke to East Kentucky Dream Center director Rachel Dotson on the impact of food banks in the region. In eastern Kentucky, food poverty, it's a big thing. A lot of people say, well, there's food stamps and there's job opportunities. There is, but food stamps don't last the entire month, especially for a family of three, four, five or more. So that's where food banks such as the East Kentucky Dream Center, Thankful Hearts, Grace Community Kitchen, Pipeville Community Kitchen, they all come together, and it truly takes a team to make, you know, to feed our community, to feed our hometown. At Applige Wireless, we have the best service and the best deals right now. Save up to $500 on iPhone 13th and 14th, all models, all gigabytes with trade-in. Maybe go for an iPhone 12 for a penny, a penny with a two-year contract. If you're not leaving out Samsung, save up to $350 on select Samsung devices, including the S23. It's a win-win this month at Appalachian Wireless, the service, the savings, y'all got to jump on this deal right now. At Appalachian Wireless, we get you because we are you. We are Appalachian Wireless. EKDC serves over 1,300 hot meals weekly and provides grocery bags to local residents. There's a new term that everybody's using right now and it's working for, and it's those of us that work and we live paycheck to paycheck. That's the ones that they're almost too humble to come and ask for help, but also they're not sure of the help that's out there. They've never had to look. They've never had to say, okay, I've paid my rent, I've paid my power bill, my car payment, but now I'm out of groceries. The, you know, the food bags and the free meals, they're for anybody. The grocery bags that we have available, they're for anybody. It's not just the grandparents raising grandchildren. It's not just the homeless on the street. It's not just for those living in transitional living or trying to get their life together. It's truly for anybody. It's for those working. You know, we've had, we've had nurses that come in here. They make a great salary, but if you've got one in elementary school, one in college and you're a single working mom, our food bank is, it's wonderful for somebody like that. So there's really no, it, it, you know, food insecurity does not discriminate. For more information on resources available, go to East Kentucky Dream Center on Facebook. Thanks for watching. For Mountaintop News, I'm Brianna Robinson.