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You might have heard that with the government shut down, SNAP benefits for November (you might know them as "food stamps" though that's not technically accurate anymore) are at risk:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/americans-prepare-halt-snap-benefits-im-hungry-kids/story?id=126908769

Well, a local coffee shop here is stepping up:

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Check your local community, people are pulling together!

The coffee shop estimates a breakfast burrito and coffee is $15 so I'm kicking in 10 meals worth, I challenge other folks to do something similar.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Went down and donated today, was a little early and one of their neighbors came up so we were chatting about what they were doing.

"Oh! Will you give them my money too?" (hands me $60 cash) (!!?!)

People are entirely too trusting, or I guess dudes in wheelchairs and cowboy hats are inherently trustworthy...

Anyway, between the two of us we kicked in 15 more meals for the cause.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Update: Coffee shop has raised over $86,000 for their meals. At $15 a piece, they can feed 5,733 people.