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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — With SNAP benefits still unfunded, many local businesses are offering ways to help feed their neighbors.

Peter Chiconas is paying it forward, one loaf at a time.

"It's really important for me to give back to the community," Chiconas said. "I just truly believe everyone deserves to eat. I don't think that's controversial to say."

He runs Day Bread Bakers , specializing in Japanese Milk Bread.

Chiconas is the bakery's sole owner and operator, working out of a rented kitchen at Sugar Studio in West Allis.

Over the summer, he started a pay-it-forward program for the community.

"I just went down to the farmers market and said, hey, if you buy a loaf, I'll give it away," Chiconas explained.

When FoodShare benefits lapsed at the start of November, he ramped u

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