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North Park Gets a 'Community Fridge' Helping People Who Need Food [kpbs.org]

 

By John Carroll, KPBS,  September 1, 2020

If you’re driving through the intersection of 30th and Lincoln in North Park, you might do a double take at a pop-up next to Hangers Cleaners. There sits an old refrigerator, painted mustard yellow, with shelves of dry goods and diapers next to it. A community fridge, to be more precise.

"I just wanted to include it into my own community,” said North Park resident Annie Lein.

After seeing community fridges in other cities like LA and Oakland, Lein decided her own community of North Park needed that kind of help. She posted about it on Instagram and the idea took off.

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