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Dublin food pantry reports 20,000 pounds collected at Irish Festival, outlines outreach and funding concerns
Summary
The Dublin food pantry told City Council it collected 20,000 pounds of food and more than $16,000 at this year’s Irish Festival, described new partnerships with the school district and medical clinic for pop-up pantries, and warned of potential impacts from recent state and proposed federal budget cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.
Julie, a representative of the Dublin food pantry, told the Dublin City Council on Sept. 8 that the pantry’s drive at the Irish Festival this year netted about 20,000 pounds of food and more than $16,000 in cash donations. She said the pantry distributed more than 850,000 pounds of food last year and that community donations and partnerships help sustain operations.
Nut graf: The pantry outlined expanding outreach projects with the Dublin City Schools and the Dublin Methodist Family Medicine Residency Clinic to provide pop-up pantries and healthy snacks for student-athletes, described efforts to diversify revenue sources and grantwriting, and flagged recent state budget cuts and proposed federal SNAP and Medicaid changes as threats to clients’ food security.
Julie said the pantry has…
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