SEATTLE - One by one, people from across Seattle dropped off bags of food at Cal Anderson Park on Saturday to help their fellow neighbors. Grassroots organization, Cascadia Democratic Action, organized the SNAP to Action Food Drive to collect food for those who rely on SNAP benefits and are now in need.

"Rain or shine, people care," Activist and Cascadia Democratic Action founder Andrew Engleson said. "People need to eat, and we need to care for those people, and this was a way to demonstrate that people care and that we really want to step up and provide a safe haven."

Cascadia Democratic Action organizes grassroots food drive during the government shutdown

From rice, non-perishable items and hygiene products, the group loaded up the items to be delivered to various food banks like R

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