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Muncie Mission provides a range of services, including meals, shelter, and addiction recovery programs.

The organization has seen a significant increase in people seeking assistance because of rising food costs and financial stress.

Muncie Mission is now spending thousands of dollars weekly to stock its food pantry, which was previously sustained by donations.

MUNCIE, IN — She loaded her six kids into a minivan and fled, escaping a domestic violence situation.

She made her way to Muncie, where she found subsidized housing.

That was when she contacted Leigh Edwards, Muncie Mission’s vice president of community engagement — but not for help.

She knew it would be a month before she would be working full time and wanted to volunteer, Edwards said. Edwards invited her

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