Calgary offers free food at downtown fridge and pantry project [Video]

The city has re-launched a free food pantry in the Beltline.

The Beltline Fridge and Pantry Project, located at 221 12 Avenue S.W., looks like a painted shed from the outside, as it’s decorated with flowered turquoise doors, but inside, it’s got a fridge and pantry offering assistance to the food insecure.

The project was inspired by community members who recognized the need to find ways to feed people with a minimum of paperwork.

The Beltline Fridge and Pantry has no registration, no monitoring and no supervision. People are welcome to drop by any time, to take what they need, whenever they need it.

“They come from all walks of life. We see a lot of elderly people come in, which is a lot of people in the community. We see people who are unhoused, but we also see your everyday people,” said project planning community member Jessica Watson.

“I’d …