HEARTWARMING: community steps up to repair food pantry truck
After a thief stole parts off a local food pantry s delivery truck, the Quad Cities community raised enough money to replace it. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 6:15 PM CST January 22, 2021
MOLINE, Ill. It s a story that begins, and ends, with a truck. and this one has a happy ending.
We first introduced Hamid Brahimi in January of 2021, when he spoke to News 8 about a theft that had damaged his truck.
Brahimi bought the truck in order to pick up groceries for the Islamic Center of the Quad Cities monthly food pantry. Before the giveaway, he would always drive to Chicago and load up the vehicle, then it would all be assembled at the center, and given away to hundred of local families.
Stolen equipment is altering plans for the Islamic Center of Quad Cities monthly food pantry
A thief stole the catalytic converter muffler off of the truck used to get the food supplies used in the Islamic Center s monthly pantry. Author: Shelby Kluver (WQAD) Updated: 11:05 PM CST January 10, 2021
MOLINE, Ill. The catalytic converter muffler was recently stolen off of the truck used by a Islamic Center of the Quad Cities volunteer to pick up the center s supplies for their monthly food pantry. Without the part, the center says they can t use the truck to stock their giveaway, which has been in high demand since its inception at the beginning of the pandemic.