Pricilla Stevens is someone else who told me why she relies on the CHAPS food pantry. She has been diagnosed with the debilitating condition of lupus since 1984, and after a period of remission, experienced a relapse in 1997. In addition to lupus, she also has multiple sclerosis and Cushing's Disease, which require her to take 26 different medications every day. After receiving some state disability assistance, she has now been denied three times for federal Social Security Disability Insurance and is appealing in court, although she was on a ventilator when she was first denied. She survives on a measly $258 per month -- $115 in disability assistance, $127 in Food Stamps and $16 for a utility allowance. Her disability is so severe that she requires a home health aide eight hours a day and she cannot even sign her own name. Instead, she has a rubber stamp of her signature to affix to necessary documents. Fortunately, Medicaid covers her medical bills that run in the thousands of dollars every month. "It's been really hard and it's getting harder every day," she told me. "They say I'm a miracle and I want to tell people about my story."