NATICK, MASS. (WHDH) - A seven-year-old girl in Natick, passionate about helping her community, has launched a small food pantry in her family’s front yard to help fight food insecurity.
“We were walking one day and my dad saw a book thing and he wanted to do it, but I said we can do a food pantry,” said Fiona Sack. “Because we can help the hungry.”
Fiona and her father then began building “Fiona’s Little Food Pantry,” with Fiona doing most of the construction herself. The bright pink box is filled with pantry staples including beans, pasta, tomato sauce and mac and cheese, welcome to anyone who may need them.
“She’s just always very concerned about helping other people and she and her dad Grayson always do projects together so they knew they wanted to do a project,” said Fiona’s mother, Jenny Sack.
Their community began leaving non-perishables when word got out on Facebook about Fiona’s efforts.
“Natick is a pretty wonderful community that comes together to help,” said Jenny Sack. “This is our one way to do it.”
Fiona’s parents couldn’t be prouder that she’s doing her small part to address hunger as food prices reach record levels.
“It’s a problem,” her mother said. “It is an issue.”
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