"Elphaba Mode activated. The school that our children attend has a high population of food-insecure families. The local food bank sets up tables in the school's parking lot once a month. When two federal judges ordered Trump to continue food assistance programs last Friday, I breathed a sigh of relief for our neighborhood. Until I read further. Appeals? Disruptions? Oh. This is not the good news we're waiting for. Bureaucracy is fun like that."
"So I bought half a dozen giant cans of formula and posted in all of my local Facebook groups that whoever needed them could find them on my front porch. Since food scarcity can be embarrassing, I even gave them an alibi: "Come trick or treating on my street, the cans will be at this house number." Two days later, the formula was still there."
"I checked Facebook for comments on my posts and looked through my DMs - anything to indicate that someone in need was reaching out. They weren't. I checked the news every hour to see if the SNAP snafu had been resolved. It hadn't been. I was determined to find the family that needed this formula for their baby. I Googled "free infant formula" and found a website that paired families who had extra formula with families who needed it. The close"
A parent discovered that local families face food insecurity and that SNAP benefit disruptions threatened access to infant formula. Two federal judges ordered continuation of food assistance, but appeals and logistical disruptions left uncertainty. The school assured daily student meals, but concerns remained about infants. The parent bought multiple large cans of formula, posted availability on local Facebook groups with an alibi to reduce embarrassment, and repeatedly checked for responses and news updates. After no immediate uptake, the parent searched online and found a site pairing families with extra formula to families in need, remaining determined to locate the recipient family.
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