On a chilly morning at the Brian Coyle Center in Minneapolis, Muna Mustafa waited in line long before the center’s food shelf opened its doors. Muna, a mother of four children between the ages of 8 months and 8 years, quietly stood behind her cart in line, hoping to get enough food for her family.
Over the past two years, this food shelf has been a lifeline for this stay-at-home mother, whose family of six lives on a single income. Food stamps and her husband’s income barely cover food, rent, utilities and other household expenses, she said.
“I don’t know what we would have done without this extra help,” she said as she wheeled her cart away from the distribution site after she received her food. In it was milk, macaroni and some fresh produce…