WEST JORDAN, Utah — So many people across Utah are trying to help one another right now because of economic conditions and the government shutdown. Even as pantries pop up all over the place, a West Jordan woman was stunned to see the reaction to her front porch food collection.

Kennedy Strong had created a community pantry to help those impacted by the shutdown to fill the void left by missing paychecks and lost benefits.

That's when things nearly went sideways.

“I’m scared for my neighbors and I want them to feel like somebody is looking out for them, and they’re not alone in this time,” said Strong about why she started the pantry. She says passion for feeding the community runs in her family as her Nana was long-time Utah Food Bank leader, Brenda Thompson.

“We lost her about a year

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