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A new community fridge is set to open outside Memorial Presbyterian Church on Oxford Ave in Fox Chase, marking the first of its kind in Northeast Philadelphia. Part of a growing citywide network that sprang up during the height of the pandemic to address growing food insecurity, the fridge aims to ease food insecurity by offering free, around-the-clock access to fresh groceries.
Community fridges are refrigerators accessible — typically 24/7 — on the street or other public area that volunteers maintain and stock with food and supplies…