Shelton Church Builds 'Little Free Pantry' Blessing Box: Report

SHELTON, CT — St. Paul's Episcopal Church on the Huntington Green in Shelton recently erected a Blessing Box that offers free food to those who need it, reported the Shelton Herald.

The box, which is perched on a pole and has a glass front, is one of more than 50 Little Free Pantry sites throughout the state, mostly at other churches.

Non-perishable foods are inside the box, which carries the Little Free Pantry motto, "Take what you need, give what you can."

The move to erect the box was led by parishioners Jodi Maier, and Mary and Bob Dorland, who built it in November.

St. Paul's is located on the aptly named Church Street in Shelton, and the box is right out front.

Read the Shelton Herald story.

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