Cathedral City resident sets up viral community pantry
Daniella Lake
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A Cathedral City resident set up a makeshift food pantry outside her home in hopes of supporting the community during the holidays. After posting about it on the Nextdoor app, it received 14,000 views.
“People shouldn’t be going hungry,” Kristina Bruno says. She’s seen people of all ages stop by her pantry, “and to see people with small kids coming by, it was heartbreaking.”
The community has stepped up to help out, with complete strangers, like Cyndie Barone, stopping by with donations. She says that she was inspired to donate because she knows what it’s like to not have the essentials.
“I didn’t have a job and I had, you know, you have rent and it’s cold in Massachusetts, so your heating bill is high. I just didn’t have the money.And you have to find where you can cut things. So I thought being hungry at the time was better than freezing,” Barone says.
Kristina’s pantry is set up near Cathedral City’s Century Park. She says she hopes she can keep it going as long as possible.