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The Little Free Pantry a ajouté 3 photos.
Three minutes at the LFP Pilot on 8/1/18...
Went by at 1:30 to put in a few items Lisa Darling, Realtor collected through her food drive for LFP. (flyer, photo one; items donated by one neighborhood, photo two)
A woman was already there. I stayed in my car while she put a few things in the LFP, took a few items of clothing out of The Little Free Toy Box. Another car pulled up behind mine, and two kids got out with a bag full of snacks. I got out, too, and asked the kids to h…elp me with the things I'd brought. I said, "Thank you for giving to the LFP." The oldest, a girl, said, "We do this all the time."
Three cars in three minutes. I drove by an hour later and most of the items pictured in photo three were gone.
Thank you, Lisa. Thank you to the neighbors who donated. Thank you to the woman. Thank you to the two kids and their mom. Thank you to whoever came along after us and shared in the gift of LFP.
Yesterday, Hamilton Helping Hands - Free Little Pantry asked its community to remember its local bricks and mortar food pantries need continued support. Thank you to HHH for this reminder.
And thank you to these emergency food service providers. LFP fills gaps between bricks and mortar, but their walls provide stability we cannot. Thank you.
The Little Free Pantry a partagé une publication.
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The Little Free Pantry a partagé la publication de Help Shelf Tallahassee.
Heads up, Tallahasseeans! Three new Help Shelf Tallahassee locations now live!
Heads up!
We just launched THREE more Help Shelf pantry boxes around town! You can now find non-perishables and toiletries at Legal Services of North Florida, …Inc., AMIKids Tallahassee, and Frenchtown Heritage Hub.
Feel free to make donations to the boxes directly, drop off goods at NAI TALCOR, or give $ to our GoFundMe campaign so we can purchase/stock items for you: https://www.gofundme.com/help-shelf-tallahassee. Help another. Help yourself. 
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The Little Free Pantry a ajouté 2 photos.
Here are two really-easy-to-implement project upgrades!
St. Luke’s Episcopal-Curritick County, NC, uses chalkboard paint to communicate.
Gibbon's Little Free Pantry implemented a different but just as easy communication strategy. It installed a dropbox to accept drawing entries, special needs and prayer requests. Note cards are available inside the pantry. 
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"The only clothes I have is what I have on," he said. "And luckily I just got two pairs of pants. This means a lot. It really does. It really means a lot. It means a lot to me."
He said it four times. Thank you, Little Free Pantry : Austin, Tx, for being there for Victor and for all your neighbors.
Check out the story below. (The colorful project in photo 2 is the latest version.)
The Little Free Pantry a partagé la publication de Friends of the Little Free Pantry.
“I felt such a warm connection to him.” Friends of the LFP making friends at the LFP.
Please send a good thought out for Frank, his mother, and his uncle.
Pantry Stories
Last week I was watering out front and a young man stopped to talk. He told me his name was Frank and he lived with his mother and his uncle. H…is father had died earlier and the family was having a hard time. He said he stopped at the pantry every day to just get a few things. It was important to him to tell me he never took everything. He always leaves something for others. He spoke a lot about God. He shared how many miles he rides on his bike every day. He thanked me over and over for having the pantry in my yard. I saw him again this morning from my kitchen window. He showed up just 15 minutes after I put food in the box. I felt such a warm connection to him. I wish you had a pantry in your yard.
Afficher la suiteHelping Hands Your Neighbors' Pantry mini-pantry helping cushion its neighbors' fall.
Y'all, this is why.
Rotary of Gateway Aurora of Aurora, CO, is launching LFP in the Aurora community in a big way! Not only has it gotten lots of great press. It's also being promoted by both the City of Aurora and Rotary International! New projects coming soon!
Thank you, Aurora Gateway Rotary, for adding LFP to your community service lineup.
Thanks also to news agencies like CBS Denver and Denver7 for creating space that helps spread the word and to municipal and civic entities that embrace …this work.
We can do so much more together.
love is the voice under all silences,
the hope which has no opposite in fear;
the strength so strong mere force is feebleness:
the truth more first than sun more last than star
- from e.e. cummings "being to timelessness as it's to time"
New Zealanders are putting a fresh spin on the concept!
Mark Dennis shared the bounty from his Auckland garden. Now, lots of others are doing the same. Projects prioritize stocking vegetables, fruits, and eggs. Dennis says, "It's for everybody. It's not just the needy. If you see something you like, help yourself. It's all food that would otherwise be going to waste."
Follow the Public Group! (link in comments)
Attn: Iowans!
There is at least one LFP in Marshalltown, IA, a town with catastrophic damage from today's tornados. Hosted by the First United Church of Christ, the address is 202 S 4th Ave in Marshalltown.
There are multiple projects in the Des Moines area. Find Little Pantries - Drake Neighborhood at:
… Monroe Elementary 2250 30th St.
Sprout Garden 2421 Forest
Community Youth Concepts 1446 Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy
Creative Visions 1343 13th St.
Olmsted Center 2875 University Avenue
Greek Orthodox Church 1110 35th St.,
St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 1150 28th St.
Cottage Grove Church 1050 24th St
Unity Church of Des Moines 414 31st St
Parenting Way, 1211 Vine St # 2140, West Des Moines
See also projects at:
1446 Martin Luther King, Jr Pkwy, Des Moines, 50314
And in Ankeny:
423 W 1st
Mel Ray trailer park by mailboxes (at the corner of Polk City Dr and Polk City Court if using a GPS)
1313 NW Beechwood
4807 NW 5th
1003 SW 3rd
2081 SE Windover Dr
602 SE Delaware: United Church of Christ
317 SE Trilein Dr: Presbyterian church
801 SE Belmont
1510 W 1st: Ankeny Funeral Home
517 SW Des Moines St: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
517 SW Elm St: Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
If you live in the area, consider going a bit out of your way to help affected communities.
If you know of other projects near affected areas, please indicate these in comments.
The Little Free Pantry a ajouté 2 photos.
Check out the very cool design on this new project hosted by Grace Lutheran Church in Evanston, IL! ❤️
Thank you, Grace, for offering this sturdy beauty to your community, for the nourishment it contains.
The Little Free Pantry a ajouté 3 photos.
In Lansing, MI, what began as a community workshop in partnership with The Home Depot is now a network of 30 little free structures known as Free Tiny Pantry Network!
In addition to LOTS of Free Tiny Pantries, the group hosts Tiny Diaper Pantry outside a homeless shelter for pregnant women, Tiny Pet Pantry outside a local animal shelter, and is about to add Little Free Library to its lineup of tinys!
Please see the FTPN page (linked in comments) for more information and a Go…ogle map of locations. And if you or folks you know live in the Lansing area, please share the page! Spread the good word!
Special thanks to all involved, especially to Mike Karl. Thank you for this labor of love.
