pantry 279

After breaking the lock and handle of the freezer to get in, they stole hot dogs, cheese, frozen pizzas, and Armour Lunchmakers.

Director Cindy Chavez estimated that each Thanksgiving meal donation could feed as many as 15 people.

The new 4,025-square-foot storefront is much larger than the 1,300 square feet at the previous location at Trinity Lutheran Church.

Pantry 279 will be distributing meals to 22,000 Hoosiers this weekend for its Thanksgiving meal program.

Chavez says getting the Community Development Block Grant to help pay for a new space was the easy part. It’s finding a location to move that’s proven-at least so far-to be impossible.