MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Second Harvest of East Tennessee is working to fill the gap left by SNAP and feed East Tennessee families.

Governor Bill Lee announced that the state will give $5 million in emergency funding to food banks statewide. Second Harvest of East Tennessee Chief Marketing Officer Michael Torano said that every dollar counts, but the organization needs more dollars to feed everyone.

"The state of Tennessee SNAP, for our 18 counties that we serve, says that it costs $24 million a month to fully fund SNAP in our 18 counties," said Torano. "There are 95 in the state of Tennessee. We serve 18 of them."

The money donated by the state will be split between the five distribution centers covering all 95 counties.

"This current situation is going to take a lot more than that t

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