Syracuse, N.Y. — Shantaneque Waller was shocked earlier this month to find that someone had drained her food-stamp account, robbing her of her entire month’s grocery budget for her family of five.
She was in the grocery store checkout line getting ready to pay when her card was declined. When Waller asked Onondaga County and the state for help, she was told there was nothing they could do.
But on Thursday, strangers stepped up to fill the void with urgent kindness…