Frustrated volunteers repair micro-pantries damaged by vandals

Several recent acts of vandalism involving micro-pantries at Lanphier High School and Harvard Park Baptist Church have left members of the group Springfield Families Helping Families frustrated but undeterred.There are 26 such micro-pantries extending from Petersburg to Virden and scattered around Springfield, stocked with everything from box dinners to fresh produce to canned vegetables to toiletries. Most cropped up as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and have typically […]