LORAIN, Ohio — Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio hosted its second emergency food pantry pop-up this month. Northeast Ohioans face hunger, uncertainty while SNAP benefits suspended

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Second Harvest's Vice President of External Affairs, Susan Bartosch, told me the pop-up was planned about a week ago to help anyone in need, especially those who are stuck in limbo as SNAP benefits have been paused for almost two weeks.

"At first we were talking about 700 families, but we're prepared to be able to serve 900 today," Bartosch said. "We were able to get some food out of some of our emergency reserves and to purchase extra food to be able to even have this."

Shelf-stable boxes we

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