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82-Year-old Twins Operate a Love Kitchen, Serving 2,000 Meals Each Week

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82-Year-old Twins Operate a Love Kitchen, Serving 2,000 Meals Each Week
Sisters in Knoxville, Tenn. began a service more than a quarter century ago catering to people with the five H's, helping local residents who are homeless, hungry, helpless, hopeless or homebound.

Sisters in Knoxville, Tenn. began a service more than a quarter century ago catering to people with "the five H's", helping local residents who are homeless, hungry, helpless, hopeless or homebound.

Opening the kitchen in 1986, they served 200 meals. Today, they offer 2,000 homecooked meals each week.

WATCH the Making A Difference video below… or at MSNBC…

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