They’re called the Peanut Butter and Jelly Squad.

A couple of years back, Ciera Elledge and some friends set the group up to feed hungry kids during the summer months, when so many children struggle to find consistent meals with schools on break.

A little more than a week ago, though, Elledge got the gang back together with an idea to help out during the ongoing government shutdown. She figured some people out there – even in one of Alabama’s more affluent counties – were likely struggling, as government paychecks stopped rolling in and folks dealt with the already-too-high prices of pretty much everything.

The floodgates opened.

In less than a week, they had just under 600 requests. All coming from people in the area who saw one of Elledge’s posts on social media. They clicked the lin

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