There are several ways that you can step in to help a family this holiday season.

The Salvation Army tells WRTV it's seeing double the requests in rental and utility assistance requests, and food pantry shelves are also starting to run dry.

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"I was two months old when I started going to the Salvation Army," said Salvation Army employee Mary Thomas.

The Salvation Army is a place that Mary Thomas said helped her survive throughout her life. Now, she's giving back to others by working there.

The organization's food pantries are seeing double the customers, and supplies are running out quickly.

"We want the shelves to be full and give them at least options," she said. "It's gone. All my produce is gone out of there. Bread gone. Meat is gone, so tomorrow's pantry is

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