For the month of November, Simple Needs will be supporting the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. The Food Bank addresses hunger head-on from their local network and home delivered groceries. Every week over 53,000 households count on them for food assistance. As of November 1, 90,000 households in San Francisco and Marin will not receive their SNAP benefits because of the ongoing government shutdown, so the need is particularly acute. When you come to mass the weekend of November 15/16 please bring shelf stable items - the most needed items are: low-Sodium soups, chillies, stews, tuna, chicken and salmon in pop top cans or tear pouches, pasta, rice, nut butters and low sugar cereals. Thank you!