foodbox
‘The community food bank concept is taking a whole new form in many American towns, where a growing number of families are opting to set up tiny food pantries on their front lawns offering free food and personal goods to folks in need.
Similar in appearance to those little library boxes that offer books to local residents based on the honor system, these mini food pantries are little more than cabinets on posts filled with canned food, bread, toothbrushes, diapers, and other essentials — all accessible without a key, and fully anonymous in nature.
Said to be started by Jessica McClard of northwest Arkansas, the “little free pantry” movement of yard-based food pantries has already spread thousands of miles to states like Oklahoma, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana, and Minnesota, where generous people with the means to do so are helping their communities in a small but powerful way.’