The message is simple: take what you need, give what you can.
A fully-stocked little free pantry, created by the Marpole Mutual Aid Network, is now proudly standing tall in a South Vancouver community, and without judgement. “Anyone can access, no questions asked, no surveillance. You take what you need and maybe sometimes you need a lot of things and sometimes you just need one thing,” says the network’s Amal Ishaque.
The community based pantry in Marpole Photo courtesy of: https://mobile.twitter.com/marpolevillage 
Inside the community based pantry in Marpole Photo courtesy of: https://mobile.twitter.com/marpolevillage
With the pandemic having increased poverty and food insecurity, pantries like this one have been sprouting all over North America. It’s a way that communities are giving back to their own.
“We did it hoping to give something back to the community; but truthfully, it’s been the other way. It’s restored my faith in humanity in a very big way,” explains the pantry’s builder Erv Newcombe.
Story sourced from: vancouverisawesome.com
