The Birmingham Islamic Society (BIS) distributed food aid packages to 70 individuals and families affected by the SNAP funding cutoff on Saturday, November 8.
Aid packages were distributed at the Hoover BIS campus, 2524 Hackberry Lane between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
Each package contained two shopping bags filled with enough food for several meals, including staples like rice and sugar, canned vegetables and fruit, jars of spaghetti sauce, pasta, potato flakes and breakfast cereal…