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When a local Meals on Wheels recipient needed a new microwave, his delivery person took him to the store and bought him a new one. The two have since formed a close friendship built on small acts of kindness.
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Loaves and Fishes expects to serve a record number of people and families in need this Thanksgiving. The increased demand comes amid a year of high food prices and reduced SNAP benefits.
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Households will no longer receive a second payment on their EBT card toward the end of the month, as they have been since March 2020, as the emergency allotments expire next month.
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Mecklenburg County's Meals on Wheels program is feeling the strain of rising food and gas prices, which have risen to historic highs in recent weeks.
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Many people on food stamps in North Carolina could see their monthly allotments decrease if the federal emergency declaration is allowed to expire on April 15.
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Food pantries say donations are down as food prices surge, all while demand remains elevated. Among the items in short supply: peanut butter, green beans, cereal and turkey.
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Two Charlotte-area food programs founded in the mid-1970s are merging. Loaves & Fishes and Friendship Trays say the merger will bring savings, such as combining staffs and sharing office space.
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Nine Charlotte human service programs are scrambling to replace more than $500,000 in funding cut last month by the Federal Emergency Management…
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In Mecklenburg County, the number of families who need help putting food on the table has decreased dramatically this year. That's according to Loaves and…
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Almost 151,000 low-income people in Mecklenburg County will have less money for food this month.That's because of federal cuts to the food stamp program…