HYDE PARK, Ohio — On Wednesday, we joined Andrea Johnson as she went grocery shopping, grabbing essentials like milk, fruit and vegetables.

But the groceries aren’t for her family. They’re for people like Stephanie Penvose, a single mother of two who relies on SNAP benefits to receive all of her family's necessities. While full SNAP benefits were given to Ohioans this week, many spent the first two weeks of the month without any additional funds for groceries.

"(Getting help) was such a huge relief, it was like (deep sigh), you know, I could finally breathe," said Penvose.

It’s all through a national grassroots initiative called Grocery Buddies that found its way to a local Hyde Park & Oakley Facebook mom group in late October.

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