As part of national Hunger Action Month, a St. Lawrence County organization seeking to end hunger is asking residents to take the SNAP Challenge. SNAP is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The challenge is whether you can feed yourself and your family on $4.60 per person per day. GardenShare's booth at the Canton Farmers Market has more information. Todd Moe stopped by earlier this month to meet the group's two AmeriCorps VISTA members who are helping out this year. AmeriCorps VISTA is a service program designed to alleviate poverty. Maggie Smith and Brianna Blackburn agree that their work at GardenShare gives them a great insight in the issues of hunger and poverty in the North Country. Blackburn says she was surprised to learn that one in seven people are enrolled in SNAP, and nearly half of them are children. [full story]