‘How we get our food’: Central Texas Food Bank doubles supplies at Turkey Giveaway, hundreds of families wait hours

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — This year, the Central Texas Food Bank’s annual turkey giveaway served nearly twice as many families compared to last year.

The food bank told KXAN it doubled what it would normally be giving away, anticipating more families would show up due to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits cut because of the government shut down. And they did…

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