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Needham program used gift cards to help 97 households after a temporary SNAP pause
Unspecified body (local senior center/board) · November 21, 2025
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Summary
Staff reported a rapid outreach called Food and Friends that raised about $3,200 in gift cards and served 97 households (targeting seniors 60+ and subsidized‑housing residents) during a brief SNAP service interruption.
Speaker 3 described a short‑term outreach called Food and Friends launched with community partners after a pause in SNAP benefits that raised roughly $3,200 in gift cards. "We've already served 97 households," she said, and noted that gift cards targeted people age 60+ who are on SNAP or living in subsidized housing.…
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