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About once a month or

so, it's not unusual

for us to have to call 9-1-1,

and get somebody to come out

for rescue emergency purposes.

It's all not uncommon for us

to call sheriff's department,

and ask them to provide a

wellness check of their own,

which they'll break

down a door to do so,

if they're concerned themselves.

- Several generations

ago, we were born, raised,

and we lived in that same

community with our parents,

grandparents, and

we never moved.

But now, with having fewer

children or no children,

and moving away, you know,

we're getting a society

that becomes

disjointed and alone.

But then whose

responsibility is it then

to look after older adults

that may be getting hungry,

that may need medical attention,

that may need transportation?

- Right here, actually.

I think it's his

ex-wife that called in.

This guy was, I guess

eating junk food.

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

- Alrighty, thank you.

There's no way I can work now.

You know, I've tried, and

I can't walk only so far.

As far as being older

and looking back,

there's a lot of things I

could've done differently.

But, it is something

that you just say,

"Well, it never will happen."

And then it will.

- While we're trying to do

the job of feeding people,

while we're trying to get out

the door and make sure that

meals are delivered, trying

to make sure that these people

are still alive, trying to

make sure that they're okay,

we have these other people

that come along and say,

"Tell me, what was the

temperature of your pork

"that you served last

week on Wednesday?"

We can do so much when we

don't have to do all this crap,

this binder-full

of sh*t like this.

That's what gets in my way

of getting my job done.

And it all just gets compiled

into a quarterly report

that's about that thick, based

on several different sheets

of information, to which I

have one person that comes

in the office, thumbs through

it for about 10 minutes,

and goes "Okay."

And then hands it back to me.

You mean to tell me that I

just spent countless hours

to put all that crap

together, so that you can look

through it in 10

minutes, then just say,

"Okay, it's all there."

I think removing some of

the pieces out of the puzzle

will help it streamline

the whole system.

Let the money flow more

freely towards the people

that are actually

providing those services.

Don't have people

stand in the way,

take money out of the

stream for themselves,

and then come back

to me and say,

"Would you please provide

me with some more details

about what it is that you do?"

You wanna know what

it is that I do?

Come out here and help

me serve the meals.

- We ask congressmen,

we ask congresswomen,

we ask senators,

go deliver a meal.

Go see what it's like.

Not as a photo op, don't

do it for a pretty picture.

Go see what it's like.

Go walk into the home of

one of your constituents

who is in need.

Go see what it's like.

- And that's just what we did.

We spent our second

day with Victor

driving all over Marin County

delivering over 65 meals.

And about two hours in, I

noticed that a job like this

requires a very special person,

because it just seemed

to be the same thing,

over and over and over

and over and over...

(intense mechanic music)

So what keeps you

from burning out here?

- Same thing that makes me show

up to work on time everyday.

If I don't come here,

somebody goes hungry.

(soft piano music)

- [Seth] But what

happened next proved to be

the biggest turning point

of this entire production,

because I met someone, who

not only changed my view

on senior hunger, but

would become my inspiration

for the remainder of the film.

(laughing)

- No strippers

are signed up yet,

but, hey, man, do you

wanna be in a movie?

- [Paul] Hell yeah!

- Hell yeah, he says.

Come on, let's go talk to Paul.

- Seth, are you gonna

take all day with this?

You know it's

almost two o'clock.

- [Seth] I know.

So, Paul, you've

had Victor coming by

and bringing you

food for a while now.

- [Paul] He's a pain in the ass.

- [Seth] How long has he

been bringing food to you?

- A long, long time.

- [Seth] Yeah?

- Damn!

Victor does it because he

has heart for this job.

I kid around, I do

a lot of things now,

but really down deep, he's

one of a kind for this job.

I don't BS about this stuff.

His organization

means a great deal

to a lot of people,

not only for me.

- I don't do this

because it's something

that improves my health.

I don't do this

because it's glamorous.

I do this because I really feel

we need to help each other.

If there's one thing

I want people to know,

it's that the challenges

I see everyday

will some day

catch up with them.

They're not expecting it.

But something is going

to affect their lives,

it's gonna change

their own existence.

- [Seth] Did you ever

think when you were younger

that you would be

in this position?

- No.

Thanks.

- [Seth] You seem like you

got a great disposition.

(laughs)

- Not always.

I'm a pain in the

neck sometimes.

Ask Victor, he'll tell you.

I have a disease called Von

Recklinghausen's disease.

Plus cancer and

plus fibromyositis,

which takes your muscle

and makes it into fiber.

I can't stand.

My legs just stick out.

Pain, I'm constantly in.

If it wasn't for Victor

and his supply of food,

would put quite a

bit of burden on me.

If you look behind you,

you'll see Feed the Children.

I'm not a rich man, but

every couple of months,

I can send them $10.

It's not a hell of a

lot, but it can feed,

what is it, 60 pounds

of food to a family.

Everybody deserves to be helped.

Maybe I don't have enough

to help every month,

but whenever I can, I

don't mind helping them.

I lived a pretty good life,

so I have no complaints.

Nothing.

- I don't know how to feel

about what I just saw.

I mean, here's a guy who...

(sighs)

Has had all kind of

affliction in his life.

And pain, and hurts

for everything.

He gives money to

Feed the Children.

It makes you think about

a lot of things, man,

when you meet a guy like Paul.

We just don't do

enough in this country.

- How many people go to a

restaurant and blow 12 bucks

on a stupid f***ing

glass of wine?

And don't even think about--

- I do.

- And don't even think

about getting the glass

that's five bucks and

sending the seven bucks

to someone else

that really needs it

so they can even eat

dinner that night.

- I don't.

I mean, prior to making

this documentary,

I never thought about

anything like that.

I never realized how frivolous

the spending on

something like that,

like just a glass of

wine or an appetizer.

You get rid of that appetizer,

and there's money right there

that you've used

to feed somebody.

- Yeah, did you really need it?

No, not as much as some

of these other people did.

(hoofbeats)

(country music)

- [Seth] While I was in Marin

County, I started thinking,

if this is happening in one

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