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5 Things About Interfaith Food Pantry

The pantry is in its new facility off Central Avenue.

With all the space its new facility, the can offer more services, client services manager Liliane Henao said.

1) Nurses: Nurses are on duty during distribution to screen clients' blood pressure, glucose or other risk factors.

2) Clothes: The pantry has clothes donated by local school students who purchased them while learning how to manage money.

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3) Birthdays: Birthday bags are donated to the pantry each month. Ten for boys and 10 for girls, they are for kids about 5 through 12 years old.The bags contain toys as well as cake mix and other party items.

4) Baby items: Clients sometimes ask for baby items and local residents sometimes ask if the pantry needs them. In the previous facility, the food pantry had no room for these items. Now, they are setting aside some space for stollers and other baby things, so they can take them when offered and have them availalbe when needed. 

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5) Glasses: The pantry also has an arrangement with LensCrafters to provide free eye tests and glasses.

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