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Emily Lundgard: (216) 348‐4395 or elundgard@cuyahogacounty.us

Call to Action on the importance of benefits for hungry families in Cuyahoga County

CLEVELAND –Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald will announce the Cuyahoga County Food Stamp Challenge to draw attention to federal and state cuts to the program and what this means to County
residents.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, feeds millions of hungry families every month. With the rising cost of food and the economy struggling, these benefits are sometimes a family’s only access to food.

WHO:
Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County Executive
Nicole Evans, Catholic Charities‐Bishop William Cosgove Center Program Director
Renny Wolfson, Jewish Federation of Cleveland/InterFaith Council
Representative from Cuyahoga Job & Family Services

WHAT: Cuyahoga County Food Stamp Challenge

WHEN: Thursday, November 14, 2013 10:30 AM

WHERE:
Bishop William Cosgrove Center
1736 Superior Ave. E.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114