A Syracuse area high school is looking for donations to help families through the holiday season.

Corcoran High School, 919 Glenwood Ave., will collect non-perishable foods until Nov. 21 to help families impacted by the pause of food stamps benefits.

“Our goal is to ensure that students can focus on their education and success and not where their next meal will come from,” wrote vice principal Amorie Green in an email to syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

A Corcoran High School employee had the idea to hold a food drive because many students rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Green said in an interview. Due to the ongoing government shutdown, SNAP funds were frozen.

A judge ruled that the United States Department of Agriculture must partially fund SNAP ben

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