Could You Live On A Budget Of Just $30 A Week For Food?

SNAP stands for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which you might better know as food stamps. The SNAP Challenge is when someone lives on a SNAP budget for one week to get a better understanding and appreciation for what life is like for the 46 million Americans who depend on SNAP to feed their families. Newark…

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Dec 12, 2012

How the #SNAPChallenge works:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=H5qGOMl3H2A%3Frel%3D0

What Mayor Booker wanted to get out it:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DTYi1TvC3ps%3Frel%3D0

Day 1: Realizing that not every store accepts SNAP dollars.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wIFPuS4D9Qk%3Frel%3D0

Day 3: Worried about how long his food supplies will last.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yyuMzRdIyWo%3Frel%3D0

Day 4: Really, really missing his coffee.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dbraz59wRYo%3Frel%3D0

Some #SNAPChallenge Facts:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=WsRHE6HkMNI%3Frel%3D0

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