With four children depending on her to bring groceries home, Marisha Ligons didn't mind waiting in a lengthy line so she could shop for food.

Like Ligons, Brian Sherfield also waited patiently outside the Market at Eastpoint, where Restore OKC gave away $15,000 in gift cards to individuals and families whose SNAP benefits didn't arrive on Nov. 1 due to the federal government shutdown. The recent distribution was the second of three planned by Restore OKC, after a local church made a sizable donation and other donors matched it to the tune of $45,000.

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