City, county donate to Marion Polk Food Share as it sees record-high need
The city of Salem and Marion County donated thousands of dollars to the Marion Polk Food Share this week, which the nonprofit’s leaders said will help them meet record-high need for food assistance even as the immediate crisis of delayed federal food benefits has been resolved.
The federal government shutdown, which ended Wednesday, delayed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits by a week in Oregon, putting 46,600 families in Marion and Polk counties in jeopardy of…
