Since the Ella Curran Food Bank was founded in 1978, it has moved about nine times between rented spaces in Independence.
After the nonprofit organization was forced to improvise by handing out boxes of food in the parking lot of Independence Cinema during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the leaders recognized the need for a permanent location.
Now the Ella Curran Food Bank is over 80% of its way to raising over $4 million to build a new location on Airport Road in Independence…