It has been nearly a week since a man was arrested for setting a Lakeland food pantry on fire and causing the destruction of Thanksgiving meals for thousands of families.
A food pantry in Lakeland, Florida, was destroyed by arson ahead of Thanksgiving, so the Tampa Bay area came together to restock the pantry and rebuild hope.
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Less than a week after arson destroyed a Polk County food pantry and all its contents, including Thanksgiving staples, people were able to line up and receive food to make a turkey dinner. “A lot of the pantries around here have closed too. So it’s wonderful that, even after that, […]