LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – When Samantha Beach saw news that SNAP benefits would be put on hold this weekend, she didn\u2019t hesitate to act.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was reading the news and drinking my coffee and as soon as it was announced that benefits weren\u2019t going to be issued for Nov. 1st, I said that\u2019s it, that\u2019s the sign, that\u2019s all I need,\u201d Beach said.<\/p>\n
Her social media post quickly turned into a community mission. Within minutes, people began signing up to either ask for help or volunteer.<\/p>\n
Beach has built a network of neighbors determined to make sure no one goes hungry. <\/p>\n
With 50 families already on her list and 27 volunteers ready to help so far, she\u2019s preparing to make and deliver homemade spaghetti, garlic bread and dessert this Saturday from her own kitchen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t feed the world, but I can feed some,\u201d Beach said.<\/p>\n
The response has been overwhelming. Even her employer, Leprino Foods, donated to support her cause.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been there before where you don\u2019t have any help or have anything,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
While Beach works to help families in her own way, Lubbock organizations remind people there are other places to turn for support, including calling 2-1-1 for free resources.<\/p>\n
Beach hopes this serves as a reminder that people in the community matter and that kindness can fill more than just an empty plate.<\/p>\n
Meals and food boxes will be ready for pickup Saturday. People can sign up<\/a> to donate, volunteer or receive a meal at Cloud + Crunch<\/a>. <\/p>\n Copyright 2025 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – When Samantha Beach saw news that SNAP benefits would be put on hold this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-28421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}