"Things like this really help people like us," said Belinda Curtis who went to Saturday's Mobile Food Pantry.

"Because sometimes you got to choose between putting gas in your car or buying food for your children."

But now mothers like Curtis won't have to make that choice, Saturday she joined hundreds at the pantry in Lansing to stack up on fruits, canned goods; anything to make ends meet.

"People shouldn't have to make choices between medication and food; what we hope we see is a rise in the number of donors that are giving," said Joan Jackson Johnson of the City of Lansing.

And just miles away at the south Lansing Sam's Club; the giving was growing by the hour at the Food Fight For Hunger Food Drive.

Donors dropped off their food, filling up 11 pick-up truck loads before noon.

Since Saturday morning the Mid-Michigan Food Bank has gotten so many donations that they've filled up an entire truck and they've had to call another truck to handle all the rest.

"They're bringing cart loads; they're coming up or they're going into Sam's and purchasing a whole cart load of food and then donating it ," said David Karr of the Mid-Michigan Food Bank.

Lifting box after box, the tough economy isn't stopping people from opening their cabinets to put a close to hunger.

"We've never been hungry, we've never been without, and we just feel really bad for those who are," said Shirley Worjul, who donated food.

Some food for thought, putting food on the table.