As SNAP and CalFresh beneficiaries Wednesday continued to desperately hope for the resumption of food benefits amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, a nonprofit Wednesday turned itself into a food pantry while a Los Angeles woman used her Little Free Library to give away free food.

The YMCA in Boyle Heights Wednesday distributed food as dozens of people filled the parking lot to receive the extra support they needed.

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“Everything is expensive – rent, mortgages, the bills, car payments,” Eric Lopez, a YMCA member, said. “It’s not enough with the income that I’m making. This helps me big time.”

The Y said food distribution is open to even those who are not official SNAP or CalFresh recipients.

“I don’

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