Pasadena food pantry sees the need rise dramatically

The people who come to pick up food at the Friends In Deed pantry are no longer just the homeless or the "chronic poor," the Rev.

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Sad times.

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If you are growing more food than you need. you may want to visit www.AmpleHarvest.org - a

site that helps diminish hunger by enabling gardeners to share their garden produce/herbs

with neighborhood food pantries.

The site is free both for the food pantries and the gardeners using it.

Over 1,100 food pantries nationwide are already on it and more are signing up daily.

It includes preferred delivery times, driving instructions to the pantry as well as (in many

cases) information about store bought items also needed by the pantry (for after the growing

season).

If your community has a food pantry, make sure they register on www.AmpleHarvest.org .