As the government shutdown continues, millions of families are watching the calendar with bated breath. Without a resolution to the shutdown, SNAP benefits could come to a halt on the start of November.

Now, nonprofits and others in the North Texas community are preparing to step into the gap to meet those needs.

Akwete Tyehimba keeps a refrigerator inside her bookstore, the Pan-African Connection in Oak Cliff. She said donations are always welcome. In the coming days, she hopes to fill these shelves by posting to her social media pages.

The time replenish, she said, is now, as she prepares to receive a rush of requests.

“I’m sure I’ll be getting phone calls from people who are like ‘do you have food?’ And so, it is a scary time for families who definitely will be short on money to fee

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