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In this episode, we go further afield in northern Nevada, as April McCutcheon interviews Ron Evans, a retired teacher and community member to discuss his work with the Fallon Daily Bread. The organization, founded in 2006 at the Epworth United Methodist Church, is focused on providing meals to the unhoused and food insecure in Fallon a town of about 10-thousand people. Evans shares how the need continues to grow amid rising costs and economic challenges and how the organization adapts to still serve the public, while focusing on giving a meal rather than food, and treating everyone like a human being.
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