((PKG)) LITTLE FREE PANTRY
((VOA Ukrainian))
((Banner: Little Free Pantry))
((Reporter: Nataliya Leonova))
((Camera: Oleksii Osyka))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Lexington Park, Maryland))
((Pop-Up Banner: A nationwide, grassroots movement provides free pantry items for those in need))
((NATS: I’m going to get a bar of this soap here too. I’m not going to be greedy.))
((TYRON, HANDYMAN))
I come here and get my newspaper all the time, and I saw this box here one day and I looked in there, and I said, oh, they got some food in here. I could use this, I could use that, you know, because I don't eat a lot. I work so much that I don't have time to gain weight.
((NATS))
((TIFFANY CHILDRESS, VOLUNTEER & MEMBER, MOM’S CLUB))
We have homeless in this area, but we also have just working people who aren't able to make it to the end of a pay week, or families that just, they may just have hit hard times. A lot of youth in the county, they stay at the library throughout the day. They have access to computers, air conditioning. The library does a lunch program, so they do free bag lunches for the children from 11 to 12. ((Pop-Up Banner: This Little Free Pantry is placed near a public library))
((NATS))
((AMY FORD, BRANCH MANAGER, LEXINGTON PARK LIBRARY))
Library is a community connector. So, we were really interested in getting people all the resources they need, including food, if necessary. It's a good place for people to come. There's lot of people who come and meet here, who use the library's resources.
((NATS))
((TIFFANY CHILDRESS, VOLUNTEER & MEMBER, MOM’S CLUB))
People just being able to come up and take whatever they needed, unlike other food pantries, where you may need forms of ID or to answer questions that some people may not feel comfortable, you know, disclosing. So, it's just, you know, take whatever you need when you need it.
((NATS))
((LOCAL RESIDENT, WITHOUT HOUSING)) I'm actually here at the library every day. This has actually been helping me out a lot, especially when you ain't got nothing to eat. So, usually I come in and check every now and then.
((NATS))
((KELLY BUCHANAN, VOLUNTEER, MOM’S CLUB))
A lot of times when I'm out shopping and I see some things on sale, I'll pick up a few things then, or I'll head to the dollar store and just get a few things when I've noticed that it's bare, and a lot of times that's what it is.
((NATS))
((AMY FORD, BRANCH MANAGER, LEXINGTON PARK LIBRARY))
We just rely on community trust. People in the community work together to stock the pantry, and so, it really is a system of take what you need, give what you can.
((NATS))
((KELLY BUCHANAN, VOLUNTEER, MOM’S CLUB)) We're hearing feedback that it's truly been helpful for people. So, you know, one step at a time, we do what we can do, and I feel like it's helping the people that are in need, and it's helping bring awareness to others, who want to help but don't really know how.
((NATS))
((VOA Ukrainian))
((Banner: Little Free Pantry))
((Reporter: Nataliya Leonova))
((Camera: Oleksii Osyka))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Lexington Park, Maryland))
((Pop-Up Banner: A nationwide, grassroots movement provides free pantry items for those in need))
((NATS: I’m going to get a bar of this soap here too. I’m not going to be greedy.))
((TYRON, HANDYMAN))
I come here and get my newspaper all the time, and I saw this box here one day and I looked in there, and I said, oh, they got some food in here. I could use this, I could use that, you know, because I don't eat a lot. I work so much that I don't have time to gain weight.
((NATS))
((TIFFANY CHILDRESS, VOLUNTEER & MEMBER, MOM’S CLUB))
We have homeless in this area, but we also have just working people who aren't able to make it to the end of a pay week, or families that just, they may just have hit hard times. A lot of youth in the county, they stay at the library throughout the day. They have access to computers, air conditioning. The library does a lunch program, so they do free bag lunches for the children from 11 to 12. ((Pop-Up Banner: This Little Free Pantry is placed near a public library))
((NATS))
((AMY FORD, BRANCH MANAGER, LEXINGTON PARK LIBRARY))
Library is a community connector. So, we were really interested in getting people all the resources they need, including food, if necessary. It's a good place for people to come. There's lot of people who come and meet here, who use the library's resources.
((NATS))
((TIFFANY CHILDRESS, VOLUNTEER & MEMBER, MOM’S CLUB))
People just being able to come up and take whatever they needed, unlike other food pantries, where you may need forms of ID or to answer questions that some people may not feel comfortable, you know, disclosing. So, it's just, you know, take whatever you need when you need it.
((NATS))
((LOCAL RESIDENT, WITHOUT HOUSING)) I'm actually here at the library every day. This has actually been helping me out a lot, especially when you ain't got nothing to eat. So, usually I come in and check every now and then.
((NATS))
((KELLY BUCHANAN, VOLUNTEER, MOM’S CLUB))
A lot of times when I'm out shopping and I see some things on sale, I'll pick up a few things then, or I'll head to the dollar store and just get a few things when I've noticed that it's bare, and a lot of times that's what it is.
((NATS))
((AMY FORD, BRANCH MANAGER, LEXINGTON PARK LIBRARY))
We just rely on community trust. People in the community work together to stock the pantry, and so, it really is a system of take what you need, give what you can.
((NATS))
((KELLY BUCHANAN, VOLUNTEER, MOM’S CLUB)) We're hearing feedback that it's truly been helpful for people. So, you know, one step at a time, we do what we can do, and I feel like it's helping the people that are in need, and it's helping bring awareness to others, who want to help but don't really know how.
((NATS))
