In just two days, 42 million Americans who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for food will lose them. Minnesota food shelves continue to stock away, day by day.

"We need to meet a need and gap for food right now" said Joe Boyd, pastor of Grace Fellowship in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

The gap, Boyd says, is because of SNAP. Grace Fellowship is trying to get ahead of expected demand come Nov. 1.

"Coming this weekend, there will be families that are depending on that to provide food, mainly for children," Boyd said.

He is calling on the community to band together , too. Because of the federal government shutdown , more than 44,000 Minnesotans will lose benefits.

Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP), a local food assistance nonprofi

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