Little Pantry brings people together

Little Pantry brings people together

3 NEWS NOW ISBRINGING YOU STORIESOF PEOPLE...PLANS...AND PROJECTS AIMEDAT SHOWING YOU HOWOMAHA IS MOVINGFORWARD.THIS MORNING, HOW APANDEMIC CAN BRING ACOMMUNITY TOGETHER...AND IT ALL STARTED OUTAS A BIRTHDAY WISH TOHELP OTHERS MOVEFORWARD.WHEN IT'S YOURBIRTHDAY...YOU DON'T TYPICALLYASK FOR A FOODPANTRY.BUT THAT'S EXACTLYWHAT BETH RILEYWANTED.5:23 - 5:36"I WAS VERY SURPRISEDTHE WEEK OF MYBIRTHDAY, WHICH IS INAUGUST, WHEN MYNEIGHBOR AND THISFRIEND OF MINE WERESUDDENLY WORKING ONTHIS PANTRY THAT I HADASKED FOR, AND SO ITWAS QUITE THE BIRTHDAYGIFT."BUT THE REAL GIFT FORBETH...HAS BEEN SEEING ITBRING PEOPLETOGETHER.5:42 - 5:54"I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEETHAT A BUNCH OF MYNEIGHBORS AND FRIENDSHAVE REALLY COMETOGETHER TO SUPPORTTHIS CAUSE AND IT'S JUSTBEEN A REALLY AWESOMEWAY TO KNOW SO MANYPEOPLE IN OURNEIGHBORHOOD."HER LITTLE FOODPANTRY ...PROVIDES FREE FOOD...TOILETRIES...AND OTHER THINGS YOUMAY FIND AT A LOCALPANTRY.IT'S LOCATED NEAR55TH AND MAYBERRYSTREETS ...NEAR WASHINGTONELEMENTARY SCHOOL.IN RECENT WEEKS...IT'S BECOME A POPULARRESOURCE FORFAMILIES IN NEED.4:52 - 5:16"WE LIVE ACROSS THESTREET FROM A SCHOOL,AND I KNOW THAT THEREARE A LOT OF KIDS THATARE VULNERABLE ANDDON'T HAVE EVERYTHINGTHAT THEY NEED.OFTEN TIMES WE WEREPROVIDING FOOD FORSOME KIDS THAT LIVEDOWN THE STREET ACOUPLE NIGHTS A WEEKAND A LOT OF TIMES KIDSWERE RUNNING AROUNDWITHOUT SHOES ON THEIRFEET, OR SOCKS ON THEIRFEET AND THEN I REALLYWORRIED WHEN COVIDHIT BECAUSE I WASWONDERING WHO'SFEEDING THESE KIDS NOWOR WHERE ARE THEYGETTING THE FOOD THATTHEY NEED."ESPECIALLY WITHCOVID-19...THE NEED FOR BASICITEMS...IS HIGHER.5:59 - 6:10"WE'VE GIVEN OUT OVER70 TOOTHBRUSHES ANDOVER 30 ROLLS OF TOILETPAPER AND SO MANYCANS OF TUNA AND JUSTTHINGS THAT I NEVERANTICIPATED."32:30 - 32:56"THE NOTEBOOK IS HERESO THEY CAN TELL USABOUT SUPPLIES THEY'DLIKE TO SEE IN THEPANTRY, BUT INSTEAD,WE'VE SEEN PEOPLEWRITING NOTES ABOUTWHY THEY'RE UTILIZINGTHE PANTRY AND WHAT ITMEANS TO THEM.32:40 AND THAT HAS JUSTBEEN VERY REVEALING,WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLETELLING US THINGS LIKE,I'M UTILIZING IT BECAUSE IDON'T HAVE ENOUGHINCOME TO MAKE ITTHROUGH THE MONTH ORI'M UTILIZING IT BECAUSE INEED SOME HELP."NEIGHBORS WHO WERESTRANGERS...AND DONATED TO HERBIRTHDAY WISH OFHELPING OTHERS...HAVE NOW BECOMEFRIENDS WITH BETH.19:56 - 20:09"IT'S A RESOURCE THAT IKNOW A LOT OF PEOPLENEED BUT ARE NOTNECESSARILY FEELINGCOMFORTABLE ENOUGHTO ADMIT.IN THIS TIME, BECAUSE IKNOW PEOPLE WHO'VELOST THEIR JOBS DUE TOCOVID."2:23 - 2:31"IT'S JUST A REMINDER,YOU DON'T REALIZEWHAT'S HAPPENING TOTHE PERSON RIGHT NEXTDOOR TO YOU SOMETIMES,AND THIS YEAR I THINKANYTHING CAN HAPPENAS WE'VE SEEN."THE RESPONSE TO TAKEWHAT YOU NEED...AND GIVE WHAT YOUWANT HAS BEEN SOGREAT....THAT BETH HAS NOWHAD TO DEDICATE AROOM IN HER HOME TOSTORE DONATIONS.10:19 - 10:26"WE'RE REALLY SEEING ABIG NEED FOR THOSETYPES OF PRODUCTS -WE'RE LITERALLY FILLINGTHE PANTRY THREE ORFOUR TIMES A DAY FORTHOSE PRODUCTS."BETH SAYS DESPITE THEPANDEMIC....THERE'S STILL A LOT OFHOPE TO BE FOUNDTHIS YEAR.SHE HOPES THEY FINDIT INSIDE HER PANTRY.12:59 - 13:17"I THINK MOST PEOPLE AREONLY ONE PAYCHECK, ONEJOB LOSS, ONE MEDICALEMERGENCY AWAY FROMNEEDING A RESOURCE LIKETHIS, AND SO I DON'TTHINK ANYBODY'SIMMUNE TO THAT, AND SOI THINK THE MORE THATWE CAN JUST LEARN TOHELP ONE ANOTHER, AS ACOMMUNITY AND ASNEIGHBORS, THAT'S WHATWE NEED MORE OF,PARTICULARLY IN 2020."THERE ARE AT LEAST 20OTHER LITTLE FREEPANTRIES IN THE OMAHAMETRO.YOU CAN FIND MOREINFORMATION AND ALLOF OUR 'MOVINGFORWARD' STORIES ONOUR WEBSITE - 3 NEWSNOW DOT COM- ANDCLICK ON THE "MOVINGFORWARD' TAB.THERE IS ALSO A PLACEWHERE YOU CAN LET USKNOW IF YOU HAVE ASTORY IDEA.