Maggie Rojas, a single mother of three, joined a steady procession of visitors Thursday seeking food assistance at The House – a church in Modesto that provides services to those in need.
Holding her bike while she waited in line, Rojas typically pedals to The House on Thursdays, after getting her children ready for the school bus.
In addition to using food banks and services like The House, Rojas is among the nearly 1 million people across the San Joaquin Valley who receive assistance through CalFresh – as the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is known in California. It’s also commonly referred to as “food stamps.”…