Rockford task force links bus routes with food pantries to drive out hunger

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – A white sheet covers the side of a Rockford Mass Transit District bus. In the Rock River Valley Pantry’s parking lot, leaders from the Rockford Food Insecurity Task Force assemble.

Erin Garner joins the team as RMTD partners with the task force for a new campaign bridging public transit and food pantries.

“I hadn’t seen these buses until today. I wanted to cry,” she said in an interview following the awareness campaign’s announcement…

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