>> THEY WERE THERE. THEY WERE THERE TO HELP ME. AND THEY HELPED ME FROM DOWN SLIDING -- FROM DOWNSIZING EVEN MORE. >> ELAYNE MASTERS IS THANKING THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH HILLS COMMUNITY OUTREACH’S FOOD PANTRY. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THEY WERE THERE WHEN MASTERS’ SUFFERED A NUMBER OF SETBACKS. HER MOTHER, DIAGNOSED WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS. AND HER BUSINESS TAKING A DOWNTURN, AND THEN, A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AFTER A FALL DOWN THE STAIRS. MASTERS TURNED TO THE NHCO FOR HELP, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. >> SO, WE WALKED OVER TO THE PANTRY AND IT WAS LIKE A LITTLE SUPERMARKET. IT WAS AMAZING. >> THE FOOD PANTRY ESPECIALLY HELPED MASTERS BY PROVIDING FRESH VEGETABLES WHEN SHE WANTED TO FIND THE RIGHT DIET TO HELP HER PREVENT A NEED FOR EXTRA MEDICATION FOR A THYROID ISSUE, . >> THE IMPORTANCE IS AFTER SIX MONTHS ON THIS DIET, I WAS ABLE TO BRING MY THYROID NUMBERS DOWN ENOUGH THAT MY DOCTOR DID NOT HAVE TO UP MY MEDICATION AND I HAVE GOT BETTER HEALTH ALL THE WAY AROUND. I FEEL BETTER. JUST EATING MUCH MORE HEALTHILY. >> MASTERSSENDING A MESSAGE TO OTHERS WHO MAY NEED HELP FROM LOCAL FOOD PANTRIES AND THE GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK. >> DON’T BE EMBARRASSED. IT IS HARD. I KNOW IT IS HARD TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PLACE YOU ARE IN IN LIFE AND THAT YOU NEED HELP. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY KIND OF HELP. BUT WE ALL NEED HELP IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. YOU CAN GIVE BACK. YOU WILL FIND A WAY TO GIVE BACK. BUT DON’T BE ASHAMED TO PUT YOUR HAND OUT WHEN YOU NEED HELP. THAT IS WHAT COMMUNITY IS FOR. >> RYAN RECKER PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4. ELENA: AND A REMINDER THAT WTAE CHANNEL FOUR IS PARTNERING WITH THE GREATER PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY FOOD BANK FOR A DAY OF GIVING. OUR WTAE PROJECT HUNGER TELETHON IS SET FOR TOMORROW. AS WE HELP OUR NEIGHBORS DEALING WITH FOOD