NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — What started as one Facebook post in an East Nashville neighborhood group has now grown into a nationwide effort to help families struggling with food costs, as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) becomes uncertain due to the lapse in government funding.
East Nashville resident Brooke Tansley says she was juggling a temporary job, a part-time job and two kids when she realized she wasn’t alone in feeling stretched thin and decided to take action.
She launched a “SNAP grocery buddy” post, asking neighbors receiving SNAP benefits to comment if they needed help and inviting others to step in and pair up with them.
“I thought, maybe I can help other people organize,” Tansley told FOX 17 News. “You don’t even know if anybody would do it and immediately people were doing it.”…