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Local community groups in Queens are helping restock pantry shelves through food drives in which volunteers ask shoppers at nearby grocery stores to buy canned foods and other non-perishables and donate them as they leave the stores. Those efforts have been a huge success, food pantry coordinator Kellie Phelan said, helping to "completely restock" the Hour Children pantry shelves, seen here. (GSR photo/Chris Herlinger)
Local community groups in Queens are helping restock pantry shelves through food drives in which volunteers ask shoppers at nearby grocery stores to buy canned foods and other non-perishables and donate them as they leave the stores. Those efforts have be