Storyline: Millions of families are struggling to put food on the table as the feast-centered American holiday of Thanksgiving approaches, with prices up nearly 30 percent since 2020 and the lingering effects of the record-long government shutdown still being felt. In West Kendall, Florida, hundreds of families lined up in cars to wait for a free Thanksgiving turkey they otherwise couldn't afford to buy, forming a line that stretched almost to the highway. "Right now, everything is super expensive. Groceries -- with 100 bucks, you can't buy anything, basically," said Patricia Salazar, a Florida resident. Pastor Conrad Molleda's church has run the food distribution event for 15 years. He said this year, the need is different. "We have little old ladies that show up to our distribution and break out in tears because they didn't know where their next meal is going to come from," said Conrad Molleda, senior pastor at CDM Community Church. The non-profit group Feeding South Florida operates a warehouse in Pembroke Park, where daily demand quadrupled during the recent U.S. government shutdown and is expected to rise further still. "Starting October 1, we had about 40 folks that were coming in. And then by the end of that month, by the end of October, we were looking at 120 folks coming into our facility. Now we're up to 160, and we're projecting that we're going to have, closer to the holidays, 180 per day coming to our pantry," said Paco Velez, president and CEO of the group. The record 43-day government shutdown hit federal workers first, but ripple effects soon followed. "A lot of these families who were negatively impacted by the shutdown, through no fault of their own, are folks who take care of everybody else, folks who are taking care of us at the airports, folks who are taking care of us at the seas and the borders, folks who are taking care of us at the checkout lines, at the restaurants," Velez said. Government data show food prices are up 29 percent since 2020. Yet, Congress voted to cut 186 billion U.S. dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next 10 years, as outlined in the U.S. President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill. For Velez, hearing families express gratitude only reminds him of how unnecessary their suffering has been. "My response has always been anger, because as you see the government employees going through our line, they're very gracious and say, 'Thank you. Thank you for being here. Thank you for helping us.' And that creates even more frustration and more anger in me because we didn't have to be there. And all of this could have been avoided. So in one word, anger," he said. Shotlist: Miami, USA - late November 2025: 1. Various of vehicles lining to get free turkey 2. Local resident putting free turkey into car trunk 3. Food distribution site 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Patricia Salazar, Florida resident: "Right now, everything is super expensive. Groceries -- with 100 bucks, you can't buy anything, basically." 5. Various of vehicles lining to get free turkey, local resident putting free turkey into vehicle 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Conrad Molleda, senior pastor, CDM Community Church (starting with shot 5): "We have little old ladies that show up to our distribution and break out in tears because they didn't know where their next meal is going to come from." 7. Various of Feeding South Florida's warehouse 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Paco Velez, president/CEO, Feeding South Florida: "Starting October 1, we had about 40 folks that were coming in. And then by the end of that month, by the end of October, we were looking at 120 folks coming into our facility. Now we're up to 160, and we're projecting that we're going to have, closer to the holidays, 180 per day coming to our pantry." 9. Various of residents selecting goods in pantry, goods in warehouse 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Paco Velez, president/CEO, Feeding South Florida (ending with shot 11): "A lot of these families who were negatively impacted by the shutdown, through no fault of their own, are folks who take care of everybody else, folks who are taking care of us at the airports, folks who are taking care of us at the seas and the borders, folks who are taking care of us at the checkout lines, at the restaurants." 11. Various of goods in warehouse 12. Various of people selecting food 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Paco Velez, president/CEO, Feeding South Florida (partially overlaid with shot 14): "My response has always been anger, because as you see the government employees going through our line, they're very gracious and say, 'Thank you. Thank you for being here. Thank you for helping us.' And that creates even more frustration and more anger in me because we didn't have to be there. And all of this could have been avoided. So in one word, anger." [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 14. People selecting food [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 15. Various of food on shelf, people carrying bags of food [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]