Rising demand at Little Food Pantry: Walker community responds with new ideas

Sometimes help is available in unexpected places and unexpected ways.

Stopo by the Walker Ice and Fitness Center and you’ll find something that has nothing to do with breaking a sweat and everything to do with breaking down barriers. A bookshelf converted into a small food pantry. The day I was there, the shelves were well stocked. This is what they looked two days earlier:

“Within the last year, specifically the last six months, we’ve seen a huge uptick in people using it and clearing out the shelves,” Harkema explained…

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