The siblings and volunteers behind The Joseph and Leslie Carr Foundation are gearing up for a charity auction on Thursday, a new fundraiser in the lineup of events that help them feed hundreds of families across the region during the holiday season and beyond.
During the pandemic, something sort of miraculous happened with the largest food assistance program in the country: It worked. For a lot of people, for the first time, the government provided meaningful funds to purchase food. By April though, emergency funding for SNAP benefits will end.