Rural Relief Mobile Food Pantry is going on hiatus

Jason and Rena Davis changed this vehicle from a daycare bus to the “Hope Machine.” They made it into a food pantry and drive it to their distribution areas. Asha Blake/The Portager.

Rural Relief Mobile Food Pantry is going on hiatus

- Wendy DiAlesandro

A nonprofit mobile food pantry announced July 30 that its operations will be put on hold “due to health issues and financial support shortcomings.”

Rural Relief Mobile Food Pantry operators Rena (Lorena) and Jason Davis of Rootstown stated in a Facebook post that they started the pantry to focus on rural food deserts, distributing fresh fruits, vegetables and meats to those in need, not just “the usual pantry staples.”

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