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Food crisis looms: These restaurants, businesses helping to feed Lincoln
- Livia Ziskey | Lincoln Journal Star , Neal Franklin , Jenna Ebbers
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Karina Ramirez, left, gets help from her daughter Avi, 2, while stocking a free food pantry at Muchachos on Oct. 30. Businesses in Lincoln mobilized to help offer food aid after the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was initially frozen for November.
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Thousands of low-income Nebraskans are without their expected monthly food assistance after Nebraska halted payments they were set to receive at the start of the month.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in Nebraska last received aid in early October. Pre-loaded cards that can only be used for grocery purchases were set to be renewed beginning Nov. 1.
With those cards running dry, Lincoln restaurants, organizations and businesses are providing free food to the community. Here's where Nebraskans can go to find warm meals and pantry items.
Muchachos
Located at 416 S. 11th St., Muchachos is offering free pork or chicken quesadillas with a soda, no questions asked, according to the restaurant's Facebook. There is a limit of one per person.
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Muchachos is also transforming its merch shelf into a temporary food pantry. Anyone who brings pantry items will receive a free street taco, according to the post.
Nick Maestas, the restaurant's owner, said he got the idea from a Portland coffee shop he saw on TikTok that is offering a free breakfast in response to the SNAP stoppage. Maestas said all local restaurants are struggling right now, but the coffee shop made a comment on their post that inspired him.
"If we go under serving people, then we're going under the right way," the comment read.
"And it just inspired me," Maestas said. "We can do more. We have the space to have some pantry space, to have people bring donations and, no questions asked, take what you need and bring what you can."
After posting about the free meal and food pantry Wednesday, the post got about 8,000 likes on Facebook and over 5,000 shares. Maestas said the post got more of a reaction than he was expecting, and he has been blown away by all of the support.
Muchachos has stepped up before, serving meals during the COVID-19 pandemic and feeding first responders. He said this feels more urgent.
"This is affecting some of my employees, this is affecting my friends, it's affecting my family," Maestas said. "It feels more close to home and it feels like there is no question about it. This is something we have to do."
Maestas said the free meal program will go as long as it needs to and maybe even longer.
"When the funding gets turned back on, that does not mean that food insecurity is going to go away," Maestas said. "And so I kind of see this being a thing that we keep going."
Black Sheep Fusion
Black Sheep Fusion is using its food truck to offer its "Melting Pot Menu," in which people are asked to pay what they can, according to a Facebook post.
Nora Martinez, owner of Black Sheep Fusion, said she hopes she can make the melting pot menu model permanent, and she trusts people in Lincoln to be honest about what they can afford.
"If I can help, anyone can do it," Martinez said.
While she originally had plans to open the food truck with a traditional pricing model, watching the news lately told her that wouldn't be the right thing to do.
"Looking at the percentage of people and seeing who it will affect, I couldn't do it," Martinez said.
She plans to start offering food on Nov. 1 and will post the planned route to Black Sheep Fusion's Facebook.
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Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties
Community Action Partnership of Lancaster and Saunders Counties' Gathering Place, at 1448 E St., offers meals every night of the week from 5-6 p.m. To-go meals are available for those who can't dine in. Monetary donations to support the nonprofit's effort can be made at communityactionatwork.org.
Aging Partners
Aging Partners announced Thursday that it would be expanding a Wednesday lunch service event for seniors who may be affected by the expiration of SNAP benefits.
Hot meals will be available at Victory Park, 600 70th St., to residents ages 60 and older in two 45-minute sessions, at 11:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
Meal service at other Aging Partners' senior centers locations remains unchanged. Meal reservations are required two days in advance at all Aging Partners Senior Center locations. Seniors can make reservations for the expanded Victory Park meal service by calling 402-441-7154.
Lincoln Airport
The government shutdown has also caused federal workers to miss paychecks in addition to halting SNAP benefits. Federal Aviation Administration workers and Transportation Security Administration agents at the Lincoln Airport have been working without pay for weeks.
Rachel Barth, director of air service development and strategic marketing at the airport, said she posted on Facebook over the weekend asking if local businesses would like to partner with the airport to feed the 13 FAA workers and 20 TSA agents who work at the Lincoln Airport. Within 48 hours the airport got enough responses to have meals covered for two weeks.
Restaurants and businesses that have contributed to the effort have included A1 Automotive, Muchachos and Greggos. On Thursday, federal workers at the airport got Chick-fil-A and drinks from Rock-N-Joe Coffee, Barth said. People in the community have brought food, desserts and flowers to federal workers at the airport as well.
All About Mama
Kristi Cadenbach with All About Mama, a maternity thrift shop, is collecting non-perishable goods to distribute to Little Free Pantries Lincoln. Cadenbach's "mom van" can be located by texting 402-786-8124. A list of the pantries she'll be helping stock can be found on a custom Google map.
Foundation for Lincoln Public Schools
Students and families at Lincoln Public Schools can seek help from the district's foundation for things like groceries, bills, rent support and school lunch debt.
The Foundation for LPS has a student emergency fund, where families can access up to $200 in support per year to help pay for gas, rent, groceries and bills, among other emergent needs.
The foundation, however, is currently in the process of replenishing the fund through donations, working to ensure they have the funding to help families during this uncertain time, said Kayla Jacox, director of engagement for the foundation. The fund had about $36,000 in August, which was used in its entirety within three weeks.
"We’ve been working diligently to fundraise for emergency needs and hope to be able to open that fund before Thanksgiving knowing that is a critical time for food support for families," Jacox said.
The foundation also offers a School Lunch Support Fund, which works alongside nutrition services to administer funds within the district. Currently, there is approximately $40,000 in school lunch debt throughout the district.
The foundation is accepting donations for both the school lunch fund and the emergency fund to continue helping LPS students and families.
"Our ability to support students, teachers and families is directly impacted by donor dollars and financial support from the community," Jacox said. "With dollars coming in the door directed at school lunch debt and emergency needs, we’ll be able to react quickly and get those dollars into some of the hands that need it most."
Other resources
* The Food Bank of Lincoln maintains an online FoodFinder tool that can be used to find distribution sites throughout its 16-county service area at https://www.lincolnfoodbank.org/get-food/food-finder/.
* Nebraskans can dial 2-1-1 or visit Nebraskans can dial 2-1-1 or visit https://uwm211.org/nebraska-programs to be connected with food, housing, financial assistance and other support services. to be connected with food, housing, financial assistance and other support services.
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Karina Ramirez, left, gets help from her daughter Avi, 2, while stocking a free food pantry at Muchachos on Oct. 30. Businesses in Lincoln mobilized to help offer food aid after the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was initially frozen for November.
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