Town Pump providing additional $1 million to food banks

Responding to the severe strain on the state’s food banks caused by the loss of SNAP benefits during the federal government shutdown, the Town Pump Charitable Foundation is providing $1 million in immediate emergency grants to its food bank partners, including the Chinook Food Bank.

These grants are in addition to the $1,250,000 in matching grants that will be made in December as part of the Foundation’s 24th annual “Be A Friend in Deed, Help Those in Need” fundraising campaign for foodbanks. The new grant money has already been sent directly to 123 food banks, food pantries and shelters in ab...