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I found ANOTHER free fridge and community pantry in town!!!

It wasn't listed on any map sites! Found out through word of mouth!

It's held at the local university!

In fact, AmeriCorps helped set it up! That's cool. Didn't know that was a thing. I now have more people to meet and talk to as I build out my mutual aid network!

I just spent about 45 minutes talking to the coordinator there about it, seeing how they do things, learning from them.

In addition to being a node for the community to "give a food / take a food," they act as a node for the regional food bank (they get about 500 lbs of food a week) and they also act as a node for food rescue from a nearby grocery store! I'm adding them as a distribution node for our food rescue efforts as well.

In addition to the free fridge and community pantry, they are also a distribution node for various living supplies such as clothing, toiletries, school supplies, etc.

Here's more information about them: https://academics.umw.edu/communityengagement/for-students/get-involved/eagle-resource-closet/

So that makes two free fridges in town. I'm going to add their information to various lists and maps.

We still need to build out more. We're contacting various places right now to expand!

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