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Chattanooga Area Food Bank urges Walker County to boost volunteers, donations amid SNAP disruption
Summary
The Chattanooga Area Food Bank told Walker County commissioners on Nov. 6 that it has activated an emergency response after a disruption to federal nutrition benefits and rising local need.
The Chattanooga Area Food Bank told Walker County commissioners on Nov. 6 that it has activated an emergency response after a disruption to federal nutrition benefits and rising local need.
"This is a crisis," John Carr Whitmer, director of philanthropy for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank, said as he summarized a letter from CEO Melissa Blevins. Whitmer said the food bank has increased shifts, is assembling emergency food boxes and is expanding pantry and mobile distribution hours to meet the surge in demand.
Whitmer presented the food bank's regional statistics and a county snapshot: in fiscal 2025 the food bank routed 1,388,000 total pounds of food into…
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