ELKHART, Ind. - About 1,600 familes picked up food and other items sent by a charity to economically distressed Elkhart, Ind., which has an unemployment rate of 18.3 percent.
The 13 semitrailers that came to Elkhart carried more than $2.1 million worth of food, enough to help sustain about 5,200 families for a week.
What, Israel didn't block them at the border?
In addition to those who picked up supplies Tuesday, Feed the Children arranged for shipments to 3,600 northern Indiana families.
President Obama visited Elkhart recently to muster public support for economic stimulus legislation....
And just as quickly, he was gone!
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