There are 15 neighborhood pantries in the Austin area, and those are just the ones mapped on littlefreepantry.org! These DIY boxes, including the homegrown Petite Pantry network, are like Little Free Libraries, but for food, and are just about the easiest way to offer direct assistance to your neighbors in need. Drop off ready-to-eat nonperishable foods (and hygiene products, too) without all the hassle of organizing a donation drive for the Central Texas Food Bank (which would prefer monetary donations anyway). This way, you can unload those granola bars you got at Costco and that your kids rejected on sight and know that hungry folks around town will have easy access to snacks and easy-to-eat foods.
