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very rapidly, very quickly.

- If we look at the aging

population, Marin County

right now, we're over 20%

that are 60 years or older.

That number is gonna

continue to rise,

and it's not going

down anytime soon.

People are living longer.

Now people are living to be 95.

We have people that are 100

years old that we're serving.

Marin County, it's

very affluent,

and it's known for its wealth.

And I was coming to an area

where people were about

to lose their home-delivered

meals services,

which meant that these

same people that lived

in this affluent area

would start going hungry.

It had nothing to do with

the person that lived

in the three million dollar

home compared to the person

that lived in Section 8 housing.

It had to do with the

fact that this person

can't walk up and down

stairs to get their own mail.

They don't have a

driver's license.

How can you expect that person

to go to a grocery store

and bring home a

sack of groceries?

- Our country has

not necessarily

looked at the seniors

in a graceful way,

but I think we have,

we all hold some kind of

responsibility for saying

that senior today

is very different

than one 30, 40 years

ago in this country.

It really is unbelievable that

a country as rich as ours,

that we even have anybody

hungry in this country.

(knocking on door)

- [Victor] Mr. Graves.

- [Mr. Graves] Hi, how are you?

- [Victor] I'm doing well,

how are you doing today?

- Well, I'm pretty good.

Do you wanna come in, please?

- [Victor] Sure, sure.

How's everything going for you?

- Well, I just got

home from the hospital,

so I was over there

for a day or two.

The reason I thought someone

was knocking at the door,

I had one of the people

who delivers food to me,

and he's due here about now.

But he'll knock,

because he's due here.

- Everything that I do, as

long as I've ever done it,

the people that I work

with are very close to me

and very dear to me.

You got some milk that's

expiring today, Don.

I'm gonna take it

out of here for you.

- What's that?

- [Victor] You've got some

milk that's expiring today,

so I'm gonna take

it out for you.

- Okay, don't take too much,

because I don't have

anything to replace it.

- [Victor] You've

got six in there.

I just put two more in there.

So you've got six

in there right now.

- Fine, fine, fine.

- [Victor] I'll try

to bring us some more.

- I watch that very

closely, I must tell you.

- Definitely, from the

beginning, from day one,

since I got here, it's

been more than just a job.

It's been something

that I'm supposed to do.

- Come on in.

Let me let you sit down here,

because it's rude for you

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