‼️Friend: What should be a hopeful and celebratory time of the year is instead marked by fear — as cruel cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are forcing many families to scramble to survive this winter and beyond. ‼️

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Without SNAP benefits, “I would starve,” 62-year-old retiree Andrew Sanders recounted. “I’ve ran out of tears. I can’t cry anymore. I’m just trying to survive.”

There are days when he walks miles for a hot meal from a soup kitchen. He walks in the summer months in the extreme Alabama heat. And he walks in the winter, when cold, dry air draws lines that form cracks on his exposed skin.

His hunger is constant throughout. “It hurts like hell,” he said. “I’m dying for something to eat.”

Surviving at an abysmal $23 a month in SNAP benefits, Andrew is already on the brink —and he is just one of 42 million people at risk of losing these lifesaving benefits this season as a result of Trump’s “Big Ugly Budget Bill” passed earlier this year.

Sanders is one of more than 752,000 Alabama residents who receive money to buy food each month through SNAP.

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Please don’t wait. Every dollar counts right now.

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