Syracuse Regional Market offers $20 in free groceries for anyone who needs it, no questions asked
Central New York Regional Market has more than 8,000 coupons to help families buy groceries this month.

After 30 years, leader of the Allyn Foundation is stepping down
Meg O'Connell, who has led the Allyn Foundation since 1995, is retiring.
Requests for free Thanksgiving dinners are higher than ever in Syracuse
The Rescue Mission is looking for help to fill Thanksgiving dinner orders. There are already 1,000 more than last year.

After 10 days of crisis, 100,000 in Central NY should receive SNAP benefits this week
Food-stamp benefits were cut off by the Trump administration 10 days ago.

New InterFaith Works leader brings overseas experience to Syracuse
Chris Foley had been a mission director for U.S.A.I.D. until it closed in July.

How an unlikely squad of write-ins won every seat in an Upstate NY town
None of the candidates who won in this town of 2,500 were on the ballot. That didn't matter.

Her mother and Oswego County workers left her in squalor. A state trooper refused to walk away
Danielle Killmore was left to suffer in a hot, trash-filled shed. The office that is supposed to protect her failed, a trooper says.

100,000 people in Central NY are losing their grocery money. Here are easy ways to help
Food pantries and a community feeding operations across the regions are expecting to be inundated with people who need help.

Syracuse-area businessman raised $150k to help families losing SNAP. It’s not nearly enough
Jeff Knauss needs millions to fill all of the applications he's received for help with groceries in the wake of SNAP cuts.

Businessman raises money for families losing SNAP: ‘We can’t wait for the government ... to fix this’
Jeff Knauss has raised $20,000 so far, but 20 people are applying for the $150 gift cards every minute.

100,000 in Central NY will lose food stamp benefits this week: ‘How can we get food?’
The government shutdown will abruptly shut off grocery benefits for 3 million people statewide on Nov. 1.

Syracuse airport offers dry run for travelers with autism and developmental disabilities
A trip to nowhere at the Syracuse airport will help make the real thing easier.


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