RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A community effort to combat food insecurity has been faced with yet another setback — a fifth act of vandalism to one of the ‘RVA Community Fridges.’
The community-led initiative currently has a total of 15 fridges: 14 currently available to the public and one which will soon open, according to the initiative’s founder, Taylor Scott.
Anyone in the community in need of food is allowed to frequent any of the organization’s fridges, no questions asked.
“You don’t have to show us anything — you don’t tell us where you live, where you are, how many [people are] in your household,” Scott said. “You don’t have to let us know if you grab something from the fridge, [but] you can always let us know if you drop something off, because we’ll let people know.”
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One of the fridges , which sits in front of Tequila and Deadlift’s Gym at 2614 West Cary St., was vandalized on Tuesday, Dec. 4, according to the gym’s owner Kerith Rae.