Joey Thomas has been sponsoring a turkey giveaway for almost 20 years. But he says this year feels different. Low-income families and businesses are all struggling with higher prices, a long federal shutdown and smaller, delayed SNAP benefits.

A handful of volunteers recently stood in a bland, classroom-like space in the YMCA at 3800 E. Linwood Blvd. in Kansas City, Missouri. They were plotting out the details for how to get families cloth bags filled with turkeys and fixings for their Thanksgiving tables.

Joey Thomas, proprietor of 180V Barber Salon in the historic 18th & Vine neighborhood, and founder of The KNOW Joey? Foundation has been sponsoring this annual Thanksgiving giveaway for 18 years. He and his staff knew this year would be hard. Federal workers are still recovering from

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