ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The local man behind a plan to get grocery money into the hands of those who might soon lose their SNAP benefits talked to News 8’s Adam Chodak Wednesday about why and how he did it.
And he is stunned.
Jeff Knauss and his family put up $10,000 and a webpage for people to apply for a $150 Wegmans gift card thinking that would pretty much be the end of it.
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But then, the applications started coming…