A small wooden box that once served as a free library in Maria Patrick’s front yard has transformed into a community food pantry, providing essential groceries to neighbors in need.
Patrick originally created the little free library as a tribute to her late mother and to share her love of reading with the community. However, after seeing others convert their book exchanges into food pantries, she felt called to make the change herself.
“I wanted to share my love of reading with the community. And it’s been really fun for me but I was just kinda thinking last week. I had seen some other folks who were converting their free libraries to be a food pantry for the time being and I just really felt it on my heart that it was something I was supposed to do as well,” Patrick said…