When Tim Moen first posted a photo of his free pantry on a community Facebook group on Nov. 7, he wasn’t expecting the response he got.

“I wasn’t expecting anybody else to want to help. I just assumed people would just swing by, pick up what they needed, and it would just be on me,” Tim said, who started the pantry with help from his daughter Zoey Moen.

Instead, people showed up in a big way, both to access the food and with an outpouring of cash and food donations. Their free pantry is located at 520 S. 317th St. in Federal Way.

The pantry consists of a simple wooden structure built by Tim, several large waterproof bins filled with dry goods and meal-in-a bag kits, and a mini fridge stocked with half gallons of milk and a half-dozen packages of eggs.

This response quickly pushed Zoey

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