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Volunteer highlights food pantry work, urges city support for regional food-hub planning
Summary
Jan Filpi, a founding volunteer with Sharing with Sheridan Food Pantry, told the council the pantry serves about 170 neighbors weekly, described involvement with the Arapaho Food Security Coalition, and said the group is pursuing a consultant to help locate a shared food hub for storage and distribution.
At the start of the public-comment period Jan Filpi, a founding volunteer with the Sharing with Sheridan Food Pantry and a Morrison resident, described the pantry’s operations and asked for continued city support.
“We serve approximately 170 neighbors with a wide variety of food every week, every Thursday,” Filpi said, and encouraged council members and residents to visit the pantry. Filpi said Sharing with Sheridan is part of the Arapaho Food Security Coalition and that the coalition has pursued strategic planning and is exploring a food hub to provide refrigerated and freezer storage and a central donation location.
Filpi said the pantry and local staff have begun laying groundwork to hire a consultant to help site and plan a food hub and invited volunteers and council support for the effort.
What’s next: Filpi requested volunteers and asked that city staff continue to coordinate. No council action was recorded in the excerpt; the comment is entered into the public record.
