Now groups in Northern Kentucky are also wrapping up food drives.

Our Emily Sisk was in Maysville, where a church is working to make sure no one in the community will go hungry.

There is no shame in wanting to eat.

Leaders at Crosspoint Church in Maysville are doing their part to make sure there's no shame in getting food.

The church is partnering with the local Save-A-Lot grocery store to provide $5 bags of nonperishable food items.

We're getting in some monetary donations and then also people can go to save a lot, themselves purchase a $5 bag of food.

And then our team of volunteers will be out once a week to distribute that food to families in the area that are in need.

This isn't the first year for Crosspoint Church to partner with save a lot, but due to the loss of Snap benefits, they want to increase their impact.

So we're really ramping up this year because of circumstances, years past.

Chad, our pastor has just kind of done this himself, but this year we are anticipating the need being much larger.

In Mason County, nearly 20% or 1 in 5 households typically receive Snap benefits.

The percentage is even higher.

And bordering Robertson and Lewis counties.

State Representative William Lawrence, who serves the northeast Kentucky region, said he believes snap recipients in his district are hard working people.

The things that I'm hearing about, people aren't working or they're not trying.

I don't find that necessarily true.

And you were just talking about the numbers of the participants on that program that are in my district.

A lot of the jobs in our district are just low income jobs.

If you look at the price of groceries, especially in the last couple of years, I honestly don't know how anyone can make it on minimum wage.

Gary Zorn said the church wants to put politics aside and help anyone who is in need.

The majority of people who receive state benefits are children, are the elderly and our people with disabilities feeding people health care.

These things aren't political.

We've made them that way.

And there are other local businesses pitching in to provide meals.

Like Kim's Southern Table in Germantown.

If you come in and say Southern Special, they're going to feed you with no questions asked and it's free of charge.

And of course, they're asking people that need it to come in there and just say it.

Don't feel don't be embarrassed about it.

Just tell them.

Representative Lawrence said he's not surprised by how many people have stepped up to help.

I know the people in my community and when push comes to shove, we are there for one another and you better believe that we will show up.

Crosspoint church leaders said.

Regardless of the outcome with Snap benefits and if they are reinstated, they will continue their donation drive through the month of November.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm Emily Sisk.