(Washington Post) — When job losses and foreclosures began to mount in the recession, leaders of many local charities knew it was time to push their organizations to provide more — more beds to the homeless, more opportunities for the unemployed, more meals to the growing number of hungry families showing up on their doorsteps. A spike in need was coming and they were going to step up and meet it, regardless of the funding shortages that may result from the economic tailspin. They could worry about that later.
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