Sue's Pantry moves from Lake County to Arlington Heights

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For a dozen years, Sue Gandhi, a Vernon Hills resident since 1998, has run Sue’s Pantry in her townhome’s two-car garage.

So when she heard from her HOA, homeowners association, late last summer about operating the 501c3 pantry at her residence, Gandhi was “quite surprised and shocked.

“I received a legal notice in my email telling me I no longer can do this, that I need to cease and desist right away,” Gandhi said. “Actually, I wasn’t expecting it. I was heartbroken; it was awful.

“My husband (Hasu) and I, we decided not to fight it, and we decided to find another place,” she said.

“He supported me really, I thought he might say, ‘Okay, Sue, this is it, you’re done,’ he didn’t, he’s like, ‘If you want to continue this, we will do this.’”