GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The Government Shutdown in early November brought extra worries for many in the area, with government workers not getting paid and SNAP recipients not getting their benefits on time.

That combination also brought extra worries to area food pantries.

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history, along with the Mississippi Department of Human Services pausing SNAP benefits for a couple of weeks, put an extra load on area food pantries.

Salvation Army Office manager, Donna Otts, said that there was some worry about how to feed the hungry during that time.

“To be honest, because we knew we had to feed all these people,” Otts said.

“Our number pantry was running real low by the time all that kind of happened, so we had a little bit of a worry that if we g

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