A food pantry at a Maplewood Church is proving you do not need a pick-up window to feed a community. Holy Name of Mary Food Pantry is hosting a special drive-thru mobile food pantry on Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon thanks to the generosity of the Fox Cares Foundation, Feeding America of Eastern Wisconsin, and the Door County Food Pantry Coalition. Interested families can just drive up and have one of the pre-packaged boxes placed right inside their vehicles.  Clarice Brey from the Holy Name of Mary Food Pantry says they have been doing this style of food distribution for several months and will continue to do so until May 2021.

Brey says they are not necessarily seeing more families utilize their food pantry, but they are seeing new and younger faces. The coordinated effort between multiple partners has helped the food pantry keep up with the demand for food and keep their equipment in check since they have to pre-package everything in advance. She says paper products are the number one item needed for families since those are not included with their partner programs.

Picture from Feeding America of Eastern Wisconsin's Facebook page, which is also hosting a similar event in West Bend.