Every year, around the holidays, H-E-B hosts the "Feast of Sharing," feeding thousands of people in need. Wednesday night, organizers say this year's need is much greater than in years past. At Dickie's Arena in Fort Worth, the line to get into this event wrapped around the building.

"We got here about 3:08 and got in line, and when we got here to the table, it was 4:20," Nikia Brown said.

She didn't mind the wait because right now, putting food on the table for her three kids is a struggle, especially with the government shutdown and reduction of SNAP benefits.

"We're actually living in a shelter right now because of loss of income, the rent went up," she said. "Things are really difficult right now, so being able to come here, we enjoy that."

The Feast of Sharing is funded entirely b

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