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How you can help food pantries in the Kansas City area
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — June is National Hunger Awareness Month and many food banks in Missouri and Kansas are getting low on supplies due to recent U.S. Department of Agriculture cuts.
President Donald Trump earlier this year cut $1 billion in federal food aid and canceled another $500 million from the Emergency Food Assistance Program.
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Sen. Josh Hawley, (R-Mo.), , saying it was necessary to curb government waste.
Those , the Kansas City metro food bank serving over 900 nonprofits, including shelters, food pantries and community kitchens in Kansas and Missouri.
Following the cuts, Harvesters learned that vital food deliveries going to both Kansas and Missouri had been called off.
Any food donations are welcome to pantries all over and those here in the Kansas City metro too.
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