we are standing on the historic part of the san antonio river walk, which has developed into one of the worlds great parks. it is not something that started out to be this. back into the 1700s when san antonio was first established, this was the major source of water for the residents of the city.

san antonio's economy. especially, hotels, restaurants, and bars. >> the hospitality and tourism industry here has been decimated. hotels, empty. river walk, zero.ns, gone. >> reporter: among the first-time recipients we met at the food bank was a mother of five. michelle abraham, who works two minimum-wage jobs. she is struggling to feed the seven members of her family. her sons lost their restaurant jobs due to the pandemic. and now, she is the only one working. after rent and her other bills, michelle has only $70 a week to feed them all. >> it's hard. i mean, it's really hard. >> reporter: she recently broke down, she says, crying in the shower. worried how she could possibly make it. she is one of thousands, here, who never thought they'd ask for help. not in a million years. >> oh, no, never, because i've always worked. i've always tooken care of my family, by myself. and we've always made it. >> reporter: a survey of young mothers this spring found that some 14 million american children were not getting enough to eat. and the san antonio food bank estimates one in three children here are undernourished. michelle abraham's 6-year-old son,

. >> we are standing on the historic part of the san antonio river walk, which is developed into one of the world's great linear parks. it's not something that started out to be this back in the 1700s when san antonio was first established, this was the major source of water for the residents of the city. there were various sake he has an irrigation dishes dishes that came from it and furnished water to the growing community. as a city grew the railroad came in this sunday's the population exploded, gravity driven water systems just weren't working. they couldn't get water to run over a hill. and so a new water system was established with protection wells, which one drilled into the ground, which the water on the ground and lower the water table. so the senate on your river was frequently going dry. at that point, in 1914, the city created a park through downtown along what was to be the walk and it was to be a park in planning's and not too much else. which was here for about 25 years until with the wpa, and the project was initiated to develop the river walk. an architect by the nam