Area food nonprofits respond to possible suspension of SNAP benefits

Liz Reasoner, left, Executive Director of the Food Bank of the Albemarle.

Elisabeth Silverthorne, right, Executive Director of the Beach Food Pantry. (File photo credit: Biff Jennings)

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice

Several area nonprofits that provide food assistance are working to respond to the potential cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in November as the federal government shutdown continues.

“We are treating this like any ‘disaster’” Food Bank of the Albemarle Executive Director Liz Reasoner told the Voice, adding that “the seven Feeding America Food Banks that serve all 100 [North Carolina] counties have a call on Monday to talk through collaborative messaging and evaluate reso

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