STONECREST, Ga. - Thousands of people lined up at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church overnight, hoping for some much-needed assistance putting food on the table as SNAP benefits were suspended amid the government shutdown.

Hundreds of volunteers turned out to help feed at least 2,000 families.

What they're saying:

"It's mind boggling," Brittany Buchanan said. "We know how we'll survive because we work, but it's a big change. It affects a lot. It affects everybody in the household."

Buchanan and her family are one of the 1.5 million people in Georgia who receive SNAP benefits.

"It's truly a blessing to have people like this that do things for the community and what not," she added.

"We typically serve 1,000 families on a Saturday. We prepared for 2,000, and before we ever started w

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