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New York – 14 February 2025
1. Various of Martina Santos shopping in a grocery store
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Martina Santos, SNAP recipient and volunteer/board member at West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"I use SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to buy my necessities in the supermarket."
3. Various of Santos shopping
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martina Santos, SNAP recipient and volunteer/board member at West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"Before, I used to eat candy, yes, why not? And buy me a soda. But not anymore."
5. Various of Santos using EBT card to purchase groceries
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Martina Santos, SNAP recipient and volunteer/board member at West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"I started to eat healthy because all my family suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease. And I need to take care of myself because I need to live lots longer."
7. Food being bagged
8. Santos swiping EBT card
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Martina Santos, SNAP recipient and volunteer/board member at West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"For me, SNAP is to be used toward healthy food, to get people to avoid all the disease they’re having around right now."
10. Wide of West Side Campaign Against Hunger food distribution site
11. Mid of woman accepting bag of food
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Silverman, CEO/executive director of West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"We have a large number of people who are eligible for food stamps, whether it’s the parents and their children and their families. And people use a wide array of tools to feed their families throughout the month. They come to pantries, they use SNAP benefits."
13. Cartons of milk
14. Bin containing bags of food to distribute
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Silverman, CEO/executive director of West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"We find a lot of this question of restricting choice is – to me, it’s counterintuitive. People know what’s best to do with their dollars for their health and for what their family wants. The problem is that their dollars don’t go far enough."
16. Tent over food distribution site
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Silverman, CEO/executive director of West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"You know, maybe you’re shopping for groceries, and you want to buy a soda with your SNAP benefits because, guess what, it’s your kid’s birthday and you want to have some–a sweet treat when you make a cake for your kid. Like, these are choices that people should be able to make."
18. Various of Santos volunteering at West Side Campaign Against Hunger
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Martina Santos, SNAP recipient and volunteer/board member at West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"Right now is difficult because everything is expensive. Right now is ridiculous. One dozen eggs, 12-13 dollars. It’s totally upside down. These food stamps are not helping like the way they’re supposed to be helping, because it’s not enough to be the whole month. You need to go out, to go into the pantry and to get, like, fresh vegetables and fresh fruit, like here."
20. Various of Santos volunteering at West Side Campaign Against Hunger
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Silverman, CEO/executive director of West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
"We have a health issue in this country. So if you want to fix the health issue, give people the dollars they need to buy the healthy food that they want."
22. Closeup of sign
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Greg Silverman, CEO and executive director of West Side Campaign Against Hunger:
24. Various of food on shelves at grocery store
25. Closeup of WIC sign
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