SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Over the weekend, Team Buche Cares donated around $300,000 to people who lost their SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.
Tuesday is the 42nd day of the longest shutdown in U.S. history, and families across the country haven’t received their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds since the beginning of November.
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Team Buche Cares, a fundraising nonprofit through the Buche Foods company, stepped in to help the thousands of South Dakotans struggling to put food on the table.
The nonprofit typically uses this time of year to raise money for holiday meals, but with SNAP benefits not going to the 75,000 South Dakotans in the program, they shifted focus…