Cecelia (Cissy) Rallo didn’t have to think twice before deciding to provide some help to those affected by the government’s suspension of benefits through the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The owner of Page’s Restaurant in Hinsdale quickly took action by offering one gallon of milk and two loaves of bread to anyone who shows their Illinois Link Card, which is issued to residents eligible for SNAP benefits. Each household can come once a week to Page’s, 26 1/2 E Hinsdale Ave., with no questions asked, during the restaurant’s business hours, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.

“I was ultra aware that if SNAP benefits were to pause that would be a major problem for our children,” Rallo said. “Folks need to open their eyes. There are parents already starving themselves to make sure

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