When Land to Hand moved into the old Glacier Gateway School in Columbia Falls in January, a bigger space provided a chance to dream bigger about how to meet people’s needs in the area.

Now, the organization, a nonprofit dedicated to making food accessible to all, has had nine months to settle into the new space and get new programs off the ground.

That includes a new food pantry, which Land to Hand is opening for students at Columbia Falls schools and their families. Land to Hand plans to have the pantry open for shopping for the first time on Sept. 24. That will coincide with an appearance from the North Valley Food Bank’s mobile pantry. The mobile pantry will visit the lobby of the old Glacier Gateway School on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month.

As for Land to Hand’s new

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