In just two days, 42 million Americans who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for food will lose them. Twin Cities food shelves continue to stock away, day by day.

With SNAP benefits officially set to not be sent out for November, and Governor Tim Walz releasing $4 million for Minnesota food banks, Fairmont area food shelves are prepping for a rise in attendance.

On Nov. 1, 42 million Americans who rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for food will lose them. In Minnesota, about 44,000 residents will be impacted.

The Salvation Army in Austin runs a food shelf four days a week for two and a half hours each day.In that time from, the shelf typically sees between 40 and 50 households a day.But as of last week, that number has spiked.

On Tuesday, the Salvation Army of Rochester posted a call for help on Facebook. Over the next several hours, the post went viral.

With federal SNAP benefits on the line, volunteers gathered in Middlebury on Tuesday morning to hand out more than 17 tons of food to local food shelves.

A food shelf is open at MSP Airport​ in support of federal employees who are working without pay during the government shutdown​.

JobyLynn Sassily-James is one of more than 440,000 Minnesotans impacted by the looming SNAP benefits pause on Nov. 1.