Arizona neighborhoods fight hunger with free pantry movement

Cori Runyon, an Arizona State University graduate student who started a pantry in south Tucson in 2017, places supplies inside her pantry on Feb. 26, 2021. Runyon says food donations have increased since the pandemic began. (Travis Robertson/Cronkite News via AP)

Laura Stiltner, vice president of the Oracle Community Center board of directors, restocks the community pantry on Feb. 26, 2021 in Oracle, Ariz. "It makes you feel good inside to know you're helping people," she says. Oracle launched the project in September as a part of the Little Free Pantry movement, one of several efforts worldwide in which people donate food and goods and house them in a neighborhood space to be used by anyone who needs help. (Travis Robertson/Cronkite News via AP)

The Little Free Pantry in Oracle, Arizona, seen here on Feb. 26, 2021, is stocked by donations from the community center and residents. Oracle launched the project in September as a part of the Little Free Pantry movement, one of several efforts worldwide in which people donate food and goods and house them in a neighborhood space to be used by anyone who needs help. (Travis Robertson/Cronkite News via AP)

Oracle residents have turned eight old school lockers, seen here on Feb. 26, 2021, into little pantries that serve one big purpose: fighting food insecurity in Oracle, Ariz. Oracle launched the project in September as a part of the Little Free Pantry movement, one of several efforts worldwide in which people donate food and goods and house them in a neighborhood space to be used by anyone who needs help. (Travis Robertson/Cronkite News via AP)

Oracle Community Center board member Elvia Schwenke sorts food on Feb. 26, 2021, for the Little Free Pantry in Oracle, Ariz. Oracle launched the project in September as a part of the Little Free Pantry movement, one of several efforts worldwide in which people donate food and goods and house them in a neighborhood space to be used by anyone who needs help. (Travis Robertson/Cronkite News via AP)