PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A southeast Portland coffee shop that stepped up and launched a fundraiser for customers who lost their SNAP benefits during the government shutdown has announced the help doesn’t end now that the shutdown is over and SNAP benefits are restored.

Heretic Coffee is busy serving more than just lattes and matcha. Over the past few weeks, the coffee shop has started offering free breakfast and collecting donations for people affected by the uncertainty around SNAP funding during the government shutdown.

“There’s not a night that goes by where I don’t think about the person who comes through our doors and gives me a hug and says ‘this is the only time I would have eaten today,’” said owner Josh White.

White said the donations have reached more than $360,000, and more th

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