TOO MANY SENIOR CITIZENS ARE STILL GOING HUNGRY IN NEW MEXICO ... SO ROADRUNNER FOODBANK IS ASKING FOR DONATIONS IN EITHER MONEY OR FOOD. STEPHANIE MILLER WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE FOODBANK SAYS THEY SERVE THE WHOLE STATE. SHE TELLS US 13 PERCENT OF THEIR 40 THOUSAND CLIENTS ARE ELDERLY ... AND SKIPPING MEALS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR DILEMMA.

SHE SAYS MANY SENIORS TAKE MEDICATION THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE ON A FULL STOMACH, MAKING MORE LIKELY TO NEED HOSPITALIZATION AND TO LOSE THEIR INDEPENDENCE. MILLER SAYS THESE SENIORS ARE OFTEN HOMEBOUND ... AND 37 PERCENT OF THEM SAY THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD ... MEDICATION ... OR PAYING FOR HEAT.

MILLER SAYS ONLY 20 PERCENT OF SENIORS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FOOD STAMPS. YOU CAN DONATE AT 58-40 OFFICE BLVD. NEAR JEFFERSON AND SINGER.