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Man's free food pantry grows beyond his garage Share: Barney Corrigan's food pantry has grown so large that he's running out of space to keep it going. "Little by little, it's just outgrown our house," he said. "It crept into our living room and now it's in our dining room, and we're in desperate need of a building." Barney, his wife, and their four children live each day among scattered boxes of canned goods, produce, and personal products. While donations are still coming from across the country, their house is not prepared to store it properly. Certain products are unfortunately tossed d...

Man's free food pantry grows beyond his garage Share: Barney Corrigan's food pantry has grown so large that he's running out of space to keep it going. "Little by little, it's just outgrown our house," he said. "It crept into our living room and now it's in our dining room, and we're in desperate need of a building." Barney, his wife, and their four children live each day among scattered boxes of canned goods, produce, and personal products. While donations are still coming from across the country, their house is not prepared to store it properly. Certain products are unfortunately tossed d...

Last week, I told you about the Blessing Box food donation program in Neptune and now I have another inspiring story of giving. A caterer in Westville, NJ, found himself out of work due to the pandemic, but instead of feeling sorry for himself, he decided to try to help others in a similar situation. Enter your number to get our free mobile app Barney Corrigan put a small wooden cabinet filled with non-perishable food in front of his house, free to anyone who needed it. He put a post up on Facebook to spread the word and it quickly took off. Soon the cabinet wasn’t big enough to hold all th...

Comments An Irish American man living in New Jersey has turned his garage into a food bank to help people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Barney Corrigan, a 42-year-old caterer in the foodservice industry who lost his job when the pandemic hit, built a small food pantry in his garage last April to help people who were struggling financially.  The Waterville resident began by building a small wooden cabinet and placing it on his front lawn, filling it with dozens of non-perishable food items.  "I was just watching the news and saw how many people were losing their jobs,...

New Jersey Man Gives Free Food to People in his Community Barney Corrigan was working in the food industry as a caterer and once the pandemic started and there were restrictions put on indoor and outdoor gatherings, he found himself without work. Even though he was without work during this time, he decided to put up a shelf on his lawn and fill it up with food for members of his community to take if they needed it. The food pantry called "Barney's Place," invites residents to drop off food to his house to be put into his food pantry or he takes monetary donations as well through Venmo. Barney...