{"id":358926,"date":"2025-11-06T03:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/358926\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T03:44:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T03:44:14","slug":"sunland-woman-transforms-little-free-library-to-give-away-food-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/358926\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunland woman transforms Little Free Library to give away food \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Sunland homeowner has transformed her Little Free Library into Little Free Food Pantry by replacing the books with food during the ongoing federal government shutdown. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil SNAP benefits are fully restored, this Little Free Library is going to be a little free food pantry,\u201d said Mary Soracco. \u201cYou can come and take anything you need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks back, Soracco replaced her community books with canned goods, pasta, fresh fruit and snacks.<\/p>\n<p>The longtime Sunland resident said it\u2019s the least she can do to help federal workers and those receiving a portion of their usual SNAP benefits, known in California as CalFresh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only thing that we can do is have communities come together and give this kind of mutual aid because we cannot count on our governments to do it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Soracco\u2019s little free food pantry has gained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQffg79kr9X\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DQffg79kr9X\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traction on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s located on Langmuir Avenue between Foohill Boulevard and Fenwick Street in Sunland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s absolutely fantastic,\u201d she said. \u201cI hope that that leads to people who need it using it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soracco said she\u2019s grateful to those who have donated cash to help her keep the food stocked fresh daily.<\/p>\n<p>She said she plans to keep her efforts going as long as the shutdown continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope I have to fill it many more times. Well, actually, no, I don&#8217;t hope I have to fill it many more times,\u201d Soracco explained. \u201cBut I hope that people know it&#8217;s here, that they can come and fill their bellies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sunland homeowner has transformed her Little Free Library into Little Free Food Pantry by replacing the books&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":358927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,49089,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-358926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-government-shutdown","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115500696559243170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}