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Although the disruption in SNAP benefits created plenty of outrage and angst during the government shutdown last month, there is one upside that came from all the upheaval.

It got more people thinking about food pantries.

And not just as that busy place they pass on the way to work. Or in another headline touting their importance as a lifeline to so many vulnerable people.

Suddenly lots more people began holding food drives.

And bringing in their own individual – and generous – bags of groceries.

And writing checks that can, as if by Christmas magic, turn into far bigger donations.

Cathedral of Grace St. John did just that at Thanksgiving with a $5,000 gift to the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora.

Because the pantry has a matching c

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