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After Forward Indiana co-founders Sarah Thompson and Carlos Marcano spent their Sundays throughout the spring and summer months serving up free meals in the park to the city s hungry, they have developed a Community Pantry initiative to better address the problem.
A typically stocked pantry will offer a wide variety of non-perishable food items as well as household and hygiene products.
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By now, these self contained cupboards are popping up all over the city and beyond, each one a work of public art as well as public spirit. It s a way to bring the community together to help one another, says Thompson. Take what you need and give what you can.
Amanda Bridgman, Staff Writer Monday, February 22, 2021 4:24 PM A Forward Indiana food pantry was installed Sunday outside of Trump Realty, 103 W. Van Buren St., Leesburg, after Trump Realty owner sponsored the new food source. Pictured (L to R) are: Carlos Marcano and Sarah Thompson, Forward Indiana co-founders; and Theresa Taylor, owner of Trump Realty. Photo by Amanda Bridgman, Times-Union. LEESBURG – A new food pantry was put outside the Trump Realty building in downtown Leesburg Sunday.
Sarah Thompson and Carlos Marcano founded Forward Indiana and put their sixth neighborhood food pantry in at Leesburg.
The pantry is a 6-foot tall cabinet, which is 2 feet wide and has four shelves. Trump Realty owner Theresa Taylor is sponsoring the cabinet outside her business at 103 W. Van Buren St.