GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — Tuesday marks Hunger Action Day across Kentucky, but inside Georgetown’s Amen House food pantry, it’s really no different from any other day.

“This is what the pantry looks like. We serve, typically 50 families a day in the three hours that we're open, every single day that we're open,” said Michelle Carlisle with Amen House.

Carlisle was referencing the many volunteers who pushed shopping carts up and down the pantry’s aisles, loading carts for some of those 50 families whose turn it is this month to receive their groceries. Towards the end of this cycle they can also pick up what’s called a "protein pack" to help make ends meet until the next cycle.

“The cost of food, while it soars quickly, it takes a long time to come back down. While we're seeing a little

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