I just read your article about the Riverside Food Pantry. Thank you, Riverside Foods, for your help!
It’s like as soon as the news went out about SNAP benefits being cut, the community in general came out in droves to help our local pantries. Thank you, all who contributed.
I volunteer at a pantry. We have received so many donations in the past few weeks we almost have nowhere to put them. What a great problem to have!
However, when the SNAP benefits are all restored, and the “season of giving” is over, the need will still be there. Food insecurity does not care what time of the year it is or what the whims of the government are. So please keep this in mind and remember to generously donate to our local food pantries all year round.
The perception of food insecurity looks a lot different when you see it face-to-face.
Michael Stefanik
Riverside
