Stock Photo | Image Source: flicker.com - Credit: Wonderlane
Stock Photo | Image Source: flicker.com - Credit: Wonderlane
A pop-up food pantry in Cedar Park has been taken down due to health concerns.
City officials ordered the tent taken down on April 8 after it had been standing for about a week.
“The generous spirit of neighbors clearing their pantries and sharing is heartwarming – but it poses a significant health hazard as a potential exposure to COVID-19," the city's Facebook page states, as reported by KXAN. "Some of you have set up displays and pop-up tents in commercial corridor right of ways. Consider that even some of our local food pantries are not currently accepting food donations from the public."
The pop-up tent was located on a street just outside the West Parke neighborhood. Allison Taylor, who is a West Parke resident and created the pop-up pantry, told KXAN the tent was doing very well before the city removed it.
“It took off and started doing well for a week and then the city of Cedar Park came and took it down, so," Taylor told KXAN. “I mean, it just warmed our hearts to see somebody that needed it. I was able to speak with a woman who was in need. She didn’t have a job, because she’s out of work. It wasn’t much, just some tuna fish.”
Taylor says that the pantry originally started as a table and a couple of items. However, the pantry soon became a week-long mission.
“I can respect their decision, obviously for health reasons, but I know there are people who needed it,” Taylor told KXAN.
KXAN reports that the city suggested monetary donations to Reveal Resource Center and Hill Country Community Ministries.
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