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'Much more than a job': Food bank workers reflect on the joy they find in their work

By Jo Corona

Published November 14, 2025 at 4:53 AM EST

Cyndi Kirkhart and Scott Thompson of the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington, West Virginia, talk about how they met and the rewards of feeding the hungry.

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