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Photos: HACAP Drive-Thru Food Pantry

Apr. 9, 2020 9:30 pm
HACAP volunteers and staff braved rain, snow, cold and wind as they distributed food to those in need at a drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Organizers had enough food assistance for 700 households at the pop-up pantry. More will be distributed at other locations as well as delivery for the home-bound.
Laura Hamilton (left) and Heidi Miller load food into the trunk of a vehicle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Erica Ceynar opens boxes of shredded hash browns as she and other staff and volunteers prepare during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Barb Rood (left) and Marta Petermann (cq) both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grab food items to distribute during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Marta Petermann (cq) of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, grabs a box of food items, packaged in the morning, to a waiting person during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Chuck Wilcox (right) packs food items into saddlebags after strapping a box of food to the back of his motorcycle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Kerry Harder (left) and his daughter Erica Ceynar load food into the back of a vehicle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Barb Rood of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wheels a cart of food to a vehicle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A man, wearing a face mask, waits to move up in the long line of vehicles during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Leah Rodenberg of Marion, Iowa, on the board of HACAP carries a box of food items that were packaged in the morning to a vehicle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Chuck Wilcox (right) straps a box of food items to the back of his motorcycle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Janet Wardlaw of Marion, Iowa, asks how many households and what kind of protein, pork or turkey, is desired from a man during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
A man in a facemark sits in his vehicle as a volunteer writes how many households he is collecting for and what kind of protein, pork or turkey, is desired on the side of his vehicle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
Heidi Miller (left) works with Emmaly (cq) Renshaw both of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, load food into the trunk of a vehicle during a Hawkeye Area Community Action Plan (HACAP) food reservoir pop-up, drive-thru food pantry in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Stadium in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 9, 2020. HACAP food reservoir Director Kim Guardado said that staff and volunteers had food for about 700 households available at the drive-thru food pantry. Food will be distributed to those in need at other mobile pantries in the community as well as home deliveries in many communities. HACAP planned to package 5,000 boxes of food at ImOn Ice Arena in a partnership with the City of Cedar Rapids, the arena and VenuWorks. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)