Tag Archives: CINDY CHAVEZ

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 5:18 — 8.4MB)Subscribe: RSSDuring the government shutdown in October and November, Indiana’s most vulnerable citizens came very close to going hungry. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly known as SNAP, were delayed by over a week and cut by 35% for more than half a million Hoosiers. Local food pantries stepped up, …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSSBloomington’s largest food pantry is running a toy donation program this Christmas and they are seriously short on Secret Santas. The “Elf Dispatch” program at Pantry 279 crashed the pantry website when more than 1,600 families signed up in the first 24 hours. Program coordinator Cindy Chavez still needs …