Geronimo Martinez slouched comfortably in a chair, his long white beard flowing from underneath his mask. A white ponytail hung down the back of his blue t-shirt.
Martinez, 78, came to Native Health on an already sweltering day in uptown Phoenix to collect his regular food box. Like other elders, Martinez receives lettuce, tomatoes, acorn squash, butternut squash, kale, cucumbers, pineapple and other nutritious foods, as well as toiletries and other needed supplies.
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