BUTTE - In response to reductions in the federal SNAP program, Butte-Silver Bow will start hosting emergency food drives at the Butte Civic Center.

One local educator said it was students’ tears that assured him this was the right thing to do.

"She had a student in her office Monday that had a meltdown, crying, because he was really concerned about where his family’s next meal and meals after that would be coming from,” Butte Superintendent Jim O’Neill said.

When a student cried about where his family's next meal would come from, Butte stepped up! $182K allocated for emergency food distribution Butte Declares Food Emergency: $182K Allocated for Hungry Families

Butte Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher made an emergency proclamation on Nov. 5 th to make sure local food banks would have

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