AMARILLO (KAMR/KCIT) — The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will be delayed for November, affecting 3.5 million Texans and 1 in 11 people in the Panhandle.
Since the announcement of the delay, local restaurants, businesses, and non-profits have announced their plans to help the community. We have compiled a full list of these businesses, and they can be viewed on MyHighPlains.com.
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One local business working to support the community is Malcolm’s Ice Cream & Food. The restaurant, from now until the government reopens, will be offering its kids’ meals for $4 and $1 off their burgers.
“We wanna make sure that all the kids in the area, make sure that they can still get fed, even though their benefits have been cut off. So we wanna reduce our meals to basically what it costs us to make them and gift those to the kids at that price,” added owner of Malcolm’s Ice Cream & Food, Oliver Taylor. “To make sure that all of our area kids can have a place to eat for cheap.”…