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Community Action Services and Food Bank is calling for 70,000 pounds of food donations by Nov. 1 due to an impending pause of food stamp payments. The Utah Department of Workforce Services announced last week that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, payments will not be issued in November due to the federal government shutdown, and Community Action said 11,500 households in Utah, Wasatch and Summit Counties who rely on the benefits will be affected. Community Action said it averages 20,000 pounds of food a day, and that if a third or half of households relying on SNAP ...