Community Taco Feast to help those impacted by SNAP

TOPEKA (KSNT) – The community is coming together to support those affected by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) shutdown with a little food and a lot of fun.

The advocacy group “Feed the People,” of Topeka is organizing a Community Taco Feast from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 9 at the Gil Carter Initiative

located at 2620 South East 23rd St. It will be a day filled with food, music and games, but the group needs help to make it happen.

“The snap benefits shutdown has just really impacted a lot of our families in our community and I just wanted to get something together as quick as possible,” said Taz Isom, Feed the People Community Organizer. “It’s just a time for people to come together. In these times I think it’s very important for us to collaborate and to partner.”

Feed the People are currently accepting the following donations:

Food items:

• Tortillas/Hardshells
• Cheese
• Tomatoes
• Lettuce
• Onions
• Sour Cream
• Salsa

Needed Supply Items:

• Canned Drinks
• Plastic/Styrofoam Cups
• Styrofoam trays and Plates
• Utensils
• Napkins

You can donate these items at the following places:

• Joyful Noise Daycare Center (130th SE 40th Terr.)
• YWCA (225 SW 12th St.)
• Flavor Wagon (2900 SE Kentucky)
• Topeka Habitat for Humanity (121 NE Gordon St.)

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