NORTH PLAINS Ore. (KPTV) - As nearly 800,000 Oregonians find their SNAP benefits gone this week, independent food banks, including the only food pantry in North Plains, are left to serve more families than ever with zero government support.

Lora Dexheimer is the executive director of the North Plains Food Bank.

“We have to feed our community,” Dexheimer said. “They get to choose what they want. We don’t even open a freezer for them.”

Dexheimer opened the pantry herself two years ago after seeing the need in North Plains firsthand.

“So many of our families work full time, but they just don’t make enough money to cover everything plus food,” she said.

The food bank is independent and operates without state funds. They rely solely on community and grocer donations, which are needed now m

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