The situation for recipients of supplementary nutrition aid in the United States is not good right now. Due to the government shutdown, November payments to what we call the “food stamps” program are not happening . Nothing you can do from your couch, using your smartphone, is about to fix this horror show. But you can actually help out with a band-aid fix by donating at this link .

Donating to this particular campaign allows specific, qualifying families who are part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to receive one-time payments of $50 instead of nothing. These are families with kids, and they typically get multiple hundreds of dollars in food benefits monthly.

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