As the U.S. government shutdown nears the one-month mark, several Myrtle Beach area businesses are stepping up to provide assistance to SNAP recipients whose benefits are set to run out on Nov. 1.
Sweet Girlz Bakery and Café, located at 4007 Highway 17 South in North Myrtle Beach, and GringoNinja, a private chef service that operates locally and in four other states, have both announced that they will provide food aid to those in need.
As funding for SNAP recipients is in jeopardy across the nation, both businesses say that community aid is the simplest fix amid national tensions.
North Myrtle Beach bakery providing free meals to SNAP cardholders
Vicki and Kari Alvaro, the owners of Sweet Girlz, know what it’s like to go hungry, and they hope to prevent others from feeling that hunger…