GREAT FALLS — In Montana, hunger reaches into every corner of the state. According to Feeding America, food insecurity affects families in all 56 counties, from working parents and seniors on fixed incomes to households experiencing sudden emergencies they can’t plan for.

Here in Great Falls, one woman saw the growing need firsthand and took action to address it.

Madison Collier reports - watch the video: Great Falls Facebook group helps scores of families

Three and a half weeks ago, Destany Alvarado created a Facebook group called Great Falls Community Families Helping Families . What started as a simple idea has rapidly grown into a network that has extended resources for far more families than she says she could have expected.

Alvarado, a former case manager, says she created th

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