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6:14A THOUGHT PROVOABING CHALLENGE A FOOD PANTRY IN METRO DETROIT DARING SUPPORTERS TO LIVE ON $4.
20 A DAY.
>> MATTHEW SMITH IS JOINING US LIVE THIS MORNING.
MATT, WHAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT? >> Reporter: BASICALLY 4.
20 IS THE HIGHER END OF WHAT SOMEBODY ON SNAP BENEFITS IN MICHIGAN IS LIKELY GOING TO GET PER DAY IF YOU AVERAGE IT ALL OUT.
FOLKS WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT THIS AND I GOT TO TELL YOU I DID MY GROCERIES AND LOOKED AT THE BILL.
THIS ALONE FOR A WEEK OF A GUY LIVE ALONE IS 82 DOLL -- LIVE ALONE IS $82 SO I AM NOT ADHEARING TO 4 CLINE 20 A DAY -- LIVING ALONE IS THRAR 28 SO I AM NOT ADHEARING TO $4 A DAY.
I PICKED OF BANANAS.
>> THE HEALTHIER FOOD IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
WHEN I WENT SHOPPING FOR THIS CHALLENGE, I WAS WEIGHING THE TOMATOES AND THE SWEET POTATOES JUST TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T GO OVER THAT 4.
20 MARK.
IT'S VERY HARD TO LIVE LIKE THAT.
IT'S NOT HEALTHY.
>> Reporter: SO THAT WHY PLACES LIKE THIS EXIST THEY FILL THE GAP BUT THEY WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL THE STRUGGLE THAT THOSE THAT USE THE SERVICES HAVE.
TONIGHT PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER ARE GOING TO GO OVER TO MEIJER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AND THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE PART IN THE CHALLENGE AND HAVE $#.
20 AND SHOP AND THAT'S -- $4.
20 AND SHOP AND THAT'S ALL THE FOOD THEY WILL EAT.
I HAVE DETAILS HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED.
IF YOU SAY THAT'S NOT THAT HARD OR IT IS HARD WE WANT -- THEY WANT YOU TO GET INVOLVED.
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