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. Remaining gift cards will be allocated to youth and family services and the center’s crisis fund.

Speaker 3 credited the Friends organization and Bev for quick partnership and said the outreach began on short notice and scaled rapidly to meet immediate food needs. SNAP operations had resumed at the time of the presentation, but the pause temporarily pushed some households to use personal funds for food, she said.

Why this matters: Short interruptions to SNAP at enrollment or system levels can immediately affect food security for older adults on fixed incomes; local rapid‑response efforts can provide temporary relief but are not a substitute for benefit continuity.

Numbers and clarity: the presenter gave the $3,200 figure and the 97 households served; the transcript contains a partially unclear line about how much of the collected gift‑card funds had already been distributed (phrase not fully clear in the record). No formal vote or policy change resulted from this update.