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Finding charity, scarcity in this recession

We’re entering the season for charitable giving around the country. We check in with Susan Bond from the Samaritan Love Food Pantry and Melissa Berman, president and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, about charitable giving’s broader picture.

We’re entering the season for charitable giving around the country. But are the rising needs outweighing the charity? We check in with Susan Bond, who works in the trenches at the Samaritan Love Food Pantry in Kokomo, Indiana; as well as Melissa Berman, president and CEO of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, about the broader picture on charitable giving. (Berman mentions the government’s public service site, Serve.gov.)