People's Pantry Board President on SNAP Crisis: 'We Are Here for Whoever Shows up, and We Will Make It Work'

People's Pantry board president on SNAP crisis: 'We are here for whoever shows up, and we will make it work'

Great Barrington — Despite the cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), People’s Pantry Board of Directors President Laura Gratz told The Berkshire Edge that the organization’s “doors are open, whatever happens.” The organization originally opened in 1999 and has operated out of Saint James Place, at 5 Taconic Avenue, since 2017. The pantry is open twice a week and distributes a variety of fresh food and hygiene items to res…

Hilltown pantry director describes ‘fear’ of clients losing SNAP benefits

HUNTINGTON — While SNAP benefits hadn’t been paused yet — which happened Nov. 1 — the director of the Huntington Food Pantry said that when it opened last Thursday, at least of one-third of those seeking food assistance were new.

‘It’s a good crazy’: Inside a shift at the Peoples Pantry as SNAP benefits lapse

Food pantries across the Berkshires have seen an increase in attendance in recent days in preparation for a suspension of SNAP benefits for the first time in the program’s 60-year history.