If the government is still shut down on Nov. 1, nearly 400,000 Connecticut residents will not receive their SNAP benefits for the month. It’s causing concern for food pantries like the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic, which is working hard to keep up with community needs in preparation.

“We’re totally out of refrigerated milk, we’re almost out of eggs, that’s the last of what we’ve got,” said Anya Walikonis of the Covenant Soup Kitchen.

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From bread to produce to dessert, the Covenant Soup Kitchen is going through thousands of pounds of groceries a day. The combination of Emergency Food Assistance Program cuts , which reduce the amount of supply going to food banks, combined with the looming threat of SNAP bene

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