AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The now 36-day government shutdown’s impact is being felt locally as families go without paychecks for nearly a month and SNAP debit cards run empty.

Golden Harvest’s community kitchen is seeing growing lines of parents, veterans, elderly residents, children and working families, many asking for help for the first time.

Hope & Help: Byllesby Center steps up food distribution amid SNAP uncertainty

More than 100 families lined up outside the Byllesby Center, double what organizers expected for their food giveaway targeting SNAP recipients.

Golden Harvest serves 24 counties in Georgia and South Carolina. Starting November 1st, more than 100,000 people in their service area became food insecure.

“Everybody’s really coming together to try to solve this issue of h

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