TACOMA, Wash. – As federal officials weigh new requirements for SNAP benefits, one Tacoma food bank is racing to keep pace with surging demand and taking its services directly to people’s doorsteps.
Eloise’s Cooking Pot Food Bank, part of the Making a Difference Foundation, is packaging hundreds of Thanksgiving boxes as supplies run low. Each one contains not just staples, but the makings of a full holiday meal.
We talk with Ahndrea Blue about her Making a Difference foundation and the challenges community members are facing now.
Blue says each package holds dozens of items, but recipients also get protein like a full turkey and fresh vegetables like a sack of russet potatoes, enough to feed a family of four.…