Iowa Select Farms unveiled the Clarion Little Free Pantry in Fireman's Park on Thursday, October 28.
Funded by the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation and maintained by Iowa Select Farms employees, the weather proof box serves as a miniature food pantry where people can drop off or take non-perishable food and household items as needed.
This is the tenth Little Free Pantry that the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation has established in Iowa communities. Others are located in Ellsworth, Aplington, Parkersburg, Rockwell City, Afton, Lenox, Riceville, and two in Webster City.
The pantries are built by Phil Jass, a furniture maker and wood craftsman from Alden, and hand painted by Ray "Bubba" Sorensen of Freedom Rock.
Local community captains will stock for the pantry with winter clothing, personal care items, non-perishable food, and other products for infants and children.
