“Little Free Pantries not only support neighbors who are facing food insecurity but also build micro-communities. They empower people to make immediate change toward their neighborhood. By way of neighbors helping neighbors and the stocking of Little Free Pantries, micro-communities form around this pillar and in turn connect neighbors who otherwise would not have met. Find a location nearest you and form community.”
Lakewood Rotarians Mark Edgecomb (left), Bob Zawilski (with scissors), and Barlow Buescher (Lakewood Presbyterian’s Pastor) cut the ribbon a Little Free Pantry.
Rotarian Bob Zawilski was the driving force behind this project. “Ultimately, we’d like to have one Little Free Pantry in all of Lakewood’s 10 communities,” said Zawilski. UPDATE: In a follow-up chat with Zawilski, he notes the 10 communities is a bit of a fuzzy number. Zawilski cites city-data.com, neighborhoodscout.com, and nextdoor.com as sources of geographically aligned communities within
investing in and building local elected leadership, starting from school boards, and building up to state legislators and then legislatures and building beyond, and traditionally, with the exception of obviously howard dean with the 50 state strategy, trying to move the party to think more wholistically at the state level, never really jumping in and doing it, wanting the bright shiny object and the bright shiny object too often doesn t look like us. yes. i think of scott walker in that sense. scott walker came up from being a city official and they groomed him up to governor. it can really be done. i wonder if you think, you know, elle, that the 2020 is not i really think we think so clearly in red and blue and texas is a good example of it. inside every red state is a blue city. um-hum. phoenix in arizona, you have atlanta in georgia, and these voters intend to get completely ignored because they re in a red state. yes. look, we i think you re absolutely right that there is