WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – This bucket sits empty right now, but workers at the Bryan Public Library are hoping that it will soon be full of food items for the public.

The library is collecting nonperishable, shelf-stable, and baby food for local food pantries.

“At this time, with snap benefits being in limbo,” said Jayme Evans, Youth Librarian Services at Bryan Public Library. “We want to make sure that everyone is able to get food. Nobody should not have the ability.”

According to the Mississippi Department of Human Services, more than 350,000 people depend on SNAP benefits.

Youth Services Librarian Jayme Evans says the thought of those people wondering where their next meal will come from did not sit too well with the library.

“We do have people that we know who are on snap benefit

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