a simple Facebook post<\/a> to ensure local families could access basic necessities, has grown into a steady source of support for anyone in need\u2014no questions asked.<\/p>\n\u201cI knew the second I posted on that group that Hobe Sound was going to show up for us because that\u2019s what we do, we are a tight knit community,\u201d said Jacquelyn Koester.<\/p>\n
Located just steps from her home, behind the Hobe Sound Public Library, the pantry is stocked with food and baby essentials for families who may be struggling to keep up with higher prices.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen gas prices went up and food prices went up it was just emptying about faster than I can replace it,\u201d Koester said.<\/p>\n
Still, she says the community response has been overwhelming, with donations regularly filling the shelves after she put out a call for help on Facebook.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone posted in the Facebook group anonymously saying I drove up from Jupiter for this, this is going to help get me through my week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Koester says those messages are what keep her motivated to maintain the pantry and keep it accessible to anyone who needs it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe saying it takes a village is so true and the villages look a lot different than they used to, but people still show up for each other and people want to help,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Now, what sits outside her home is more than just a pantry\u2014it\u2019s a steady stream of community support for families trying to make ends meet.<\/p>\n
For more information on how to access the pantry, visit this Facebook group<\/a> created by Koester. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Hobe Sound mom is helping neighbors stretch their budgets by setting up a Little Free Pantry right…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[128620,10014,75874,171,173,172,128621,128619],"class_list":["post-309020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-crash-with-wrong-way-driver","tag-minnesota","tag-organ-donation","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-young-couple-donate-organs","tag-young-couple-killed-in-crash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}