Government shutdown, lapse in SNAP funding puts North Texas food pantry at risk

Minnie’s Food Pantry has turned a food distribution into a platform of empowerment in Plano. However, the location Chery Jackson named after her mother Minnie Hawthorne-Ewing may see a first in 2025.

“We’ve never in the 18 years of Minnie’s Food Pantry being here, in the 31 million meals we’ve served, had to turn away a person,”  Jackson said. “Am I concerned about it today? Absolutely.”

Jackson said Minnie’s Food Pantry has been able to withstand the challenges over the years…

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