More Families Ask for Help at Christmas
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Charlotte Riley works to help families.
She says more families need help this Christmas.
The families ask for help for many reasons.
Christmas can be hard for families with little money.
Some families cannot buy food or gifts.
Groups that help people say more families are coming to them.
Charlotte Riley talks about this growing problem.
She wants more people to understand why families need help.
Many families feel stress at Christmas time.
Help can come from food, money, or gifts.
Charlotte Riley hopes people will give more help this year.
More families may need support in the future.
Vocabulary15 words
- demand
- when people need or want something
- families
- parents and children who live together
- reaching out
- asking for help
- reasons
- why something happens
- support
- help given to someone
- gifts
- presents given to people
- stress
- a bad feeling from worry
- groups
- people who work together
- growing
- becoming bigger
- problem
- something difficult
- hope
- wanting something good to happen
- future
- time that has not come yet
- money
- what people use to buy things
- food
- what people eat
- give
- to let someone have something
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1. Charlotte Riley 2. Help 3. False
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Charlotte Riley works to help _____.
She says more families need _____ this Christmas.
The families ask for help for many _____.
Christmas can be hard for families with little _____.
Some families cannot buy food or _____.
Groups that help people say more families are coming to _____.
Charlotte Riley talks about this growing _____.
She wants more people to understand why families need _____.
Many families feel _____ at Christmas time.
Charlotte Riley hopes people will give more help this _____.
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