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Standup comic Gabriel \u201cFluffy\u201d Iglesias collected an unprecedented amount of canned goods for the San Antonio Food Bank with a hastily arranged benefit concert held Sunday afternoon, officials with the nonprofit said. <\/p>\n
The comedian\u2019s show at Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club pulled in 16,000 pounds of food, Food Bank Chief Philanthropy\u00a0Officer Michael Guerra told the Current. He said the haul surpassed any other local canned-food drives organized as concerts or benefit shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty incredible,\u201d Guerra said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen anything like it. It was a historic\u00a0amount.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guerra added that the canned goods are useful to the Food Bank because staffers can begin distributing them immediately to clients.<\/p>\n
Iglesias, who\u2019s beloved in San Antonio, held the benefit as the Trump administration refused to distribute emergency Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) funds to families in need amid the government shutdown. <\/p>\n
In Texas alone, 3.5 million people \u2014 half of them children \u2014 rely on the program.<\/p>\n
Iglesias announced the show with a Facebook post last week. Though the comedian didn\u2019t mention the shutdown specifically, the show was held Nov. 2, the day after SNAP benefits were cut off.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the food will be donated to the San Antonio Food Bank, who will be disbursing that food to people in need,\u201d Iglesias said. \u201cAnd, believe me, a lot of people need that food.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two federal judges have since ordered the Trump administration to release emergency SNAP funds, but it remains unclear how quickly those on the program will see their benefits resume. <\/p>\n
\u201cToday, for the first time in the program\u2019s proud and proven history, SNAP recipients face a lapse in benefits because of a government shutdown,\u201d Celia Cole of Feeding Texas told the Texas Tribune Saturday<\/a>. \u201cThis is a reality no American should accept, and it should trouble us all to our core.\u201d<\/p>\n Iglesias asked fans to bring at least five cans of food to attend Sunday\u2019s show. The first 350 received wristbands good for the 3 p.m. show.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones announced on Friday that the City of San Antonio has raised $1.6 million<\/a> to cover food aid for approximately 11,000 families. However, 130,000 families are in need of food assistance in San Antonio now that SNAP benefits have been cut.<\/p>\n Subscribe to SA Current newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow us:\u00a0Apple News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Facebook\u00a0<\/a>| Twitter<\/a>\u00a0| Or sign up for our\u00a0RSS Feed<\/a><\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\tThe ongoing government shutdown means more than $600 million per month won\u2019t go to millions of Texas SNAP beneficiaries who pump that money into the state economy.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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