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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A section congressman announced Friday that helium volition beryllium donating a ample chunk of his operating fund to enactment Fresno families losing entree to EBT this November.
Fresno City Councilmember Nelson Esparza says helium is committed to donating $50,000 to the Central California Food Bank. According to his office, the donation volition enactment up to 200,000 meals for Fresno families successful need.
"No household should person to scrape by oregon wonderment erstwhile their adjacent repast volition be," Esparza said. "If the national information nett falters, we person an work to fortify our section apparatus. This is astir taking steps to combat the forthcoming nutrient insecurity that is happening arsenic a effect of the national authorities shutdown."
The 200,000 meals volition beryllium capable to provender astir 80% of the county's colonisation relying EBT for 1 day. However, Esparza says this is lone the archetypal of respective efforts to assistance Fresno families navigate the interaction of the program's lapse.
