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February 21, 2023 - Harrisburg, PA

First Lady Shapiro Volunteers at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to Raise Awareness of Impending Federal Reductions to SNAP Benefits

Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro visited the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvania's charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens.

"Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvania's neighbors in need each and every day, and I'm inspired by their service to their community," First Lady Shapiro said. "We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvania's charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve."


Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro talks with Barry Denk, volunteer, of Mechanicsburg, during a visit to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvanias charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_001.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> From left; Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Volunteer Projects Coordinators Austin Saman, and Ana Sides, work with Barry Denk, volunteer, of Mechanicsburg, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_002.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro, right, works with Amy Torcoletti, Director of Engagement to the First Lady, left, and Barry Denk, volunteer, of Mechanicsburg, as they tape up boxes of food at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank during a visit to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvanias charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_003.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Volunteers work together at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_004.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> From left; Central Pennsylvania Food Banks Ryan Prater, community engagement coordinator and Austin Saman, volunteer projects coordinator, talk with Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro, during a visit to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvanias charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_005.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Central Pennsylvania Food Banks Ana Sides, volunteer projects coordinator, right, teaches Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro how to tape up boxes during a visit to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvanias charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_006.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Mel Brough, volunteer and resident of Dillsburg, boxes up canned goods at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_007.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Central Pennsylvania Food Banks Tara Davis, director of agency services and outreach, works in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_008.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Volunteer Terry Myers, of Dillsburg, works in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_009.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro works with Amy Torcoletti, Director of Engagement to the First Lady, as they tape up boxes of food at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank during a visit to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvanias charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_010.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro tapes up a box food during a visit to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvanias charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_011.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Volunteers work together at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_012.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Central Pennsylvania Food Banks Amy Hill, director of community engagement and advocacy, left, and Joe Arthur executive director, talk with Pennsylvania First Lady Lori Shapiro on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_013.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Barry Denk, volunteer, of Mechanicsburg, moves boxes in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Denk has volunteered at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank for over two years.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_014.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Volunteers work together at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_015.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a> Food to be packaged is pictured at Central Pennsylvania Food Bank during a visit to bring awareness to upcoming federal changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and encourage continued support for Pennsylvanias charitable food network from food banks to soup kitchens, in Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. Having access to healthy food is essential to living a healthy, productive life and we must ensure that remains available across our Commonwealth. The Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and their dedicated volunteers help Pennsylvanias neighbors in need each and every day, and Im inspired by their service to their community, First Lady Shapiro said. We know additional SNAP payments have been a lifeline for our communities during the last nearly three years of the pandemic, and the upcoming federal changes will create uncertainty for many individuals and families. In partnership with Pennsylvanias charitable food network, our Administration is working to make certain that our friends and neighbors are aware of these changes and will have ways to access the food they need and deserve.<br><a href="https://filesource.amperwave.net/commonwealthofpa/photo/22683_FL_Volunteer_Day_NK_016.JPG" target="_blank">⇣ Download Photo</a>