LAKE COUNTY, Ohio — There is a massive effort underway in Lake County to make sure people are not going hungry. The need is not new, but the numbers are.

News 5 gathered this story during the government shutdown, before the immediate threat of losing benefits for millions of Americans and Ohioans through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Which would mean even more people looking for this kind of help atop an already growing need.

“God says we should be helping our neighbors, and our brothers and sisters,” said Susan March, food pantry coordinator at Zion Lutheran Church in Painesville.

Twice a month, Zion Lutheran Church in Painesville transforms into a food pantry.

“Incomes now are different,” said Laura, who requested her last name not be used.

She comes to the food pa

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