Community Action earlier in the fall launched their first ever food pantry coop model program in DeWitt County. It has been so successful, administrators are hoping to use the model to expand services locally.
Executive Director, Alison Rumler-Gomez explains the food pantry has been received at a rate they were not expecting and they have found people want to volunteer and work so they can feed themselves and their families.
The response to the food pantry and the willingness of their clients to want to work and better themselves has prompted the agency to look to other areas to help them. Rumler-Gomez says this new focus will be in a health and wellness capacity.
Rumler-Gomez was surprised to find out there were so many connections between children's eating habits and behavioral disorders or adults eating habits and chronic pains.
