Feeding the hungry in Maine: Area Interfaith Outreach AIO
Area Interfaith Outreach (AIO) Letter to the editor of Penn Bay Pilot in Rockland: Support food banks as Trump Administration stops SNAP supplemental distributions for November From Becca Shaw Glaser Matthew 25-35: For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. The evil Donald Trump Republican maga government announced they will not be issuing November’s food stamps (SNAP)--for everyone in the entire country in November. This is a crisis, an emergency, a deliberate starvation disaster. It impacts 12.5% of Mainers—170,000 Mainers!. In Knox County, the AIO Food Pantry says it affects about 5,000 people. This especially harms kids, elders, and people with disabilities. I kindly encourage everyone who can to donate to AIO — money is ideal because food pantries can get much better deals on food than regular people can, but food can be great too. AIO has been doing excellent work to make themselves more a...