Having received a three-day supply of food Nov. 1 from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's Ozanam Center at 93 Kent St. in Akron, Heaton was going home to get some clothes he no longer wears to donate them to the center, which distributes clothes as well as food to the needy.

Newswatch 16's Valeria Quiñones spoke with food drive organizers who are hopeful that the recent ruling to release funding for the SNAP Program will be finalized.

While the state benefits–provided through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program–will go dark, local leaders from the public and private sectors tell the Sentinel they