BOONE COUNTY, W.Va. (WOWK) - As food insecurity grows in West Virginia, and SNAP benefits are soon to be put on pause, two West Virginian women are taking the steps to help people who need it the most find resources that will assist them through this difficult time.

Cecelia Thompson and Crystal Colyer have teamed up to make a comprehensive, publicly accessible list of every blessing box, free meal kitchen, and food pantry in the Mountain State. Colyer says she saw a large number of negative comments on social media posts regarding SNAP benefits being put on pause, so she wanted to create a resource people can access to get the help they need anonymously.

“The whole 'get a job' thing, the whole ‘how does it feel to struggle?’, the negative comments people make, because it’s so taboo for p

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