Rochester, N.Y. (WROC) — Mitch Gruber and the rest of the team at Foodlink, our region’s food bank, are ready day in and day out to respond to an individual’s emergency.
In a few days, though, they might be asked to respond to a community emergency.
Should the federal shutdown remain in place as is, SNAP benefits – the money many people who fall under a certain income threshold use to buy groceries – will disappear on Nov. 1…