10/06/2026
💔 A difficult update from our little shop… but we’re still here, and we’re still serving.
I’ve gone back and forth about sharing this, but after the last couple of weeks, I feel like our community deserves to know what has been happening.
Two Sundays ago, Adam and I were at the shop cleaning and getting a few things done. Before we left, we removed our outside water hose for the winter and covered the spigot with the foam insulation cover we use every year.
When I arrived back at the shop Tuesday morning, I pulled up to find water running from our shop on Hill Street all the way toward Greenville Street.
Someone had turned our outside spigot on FULL BLAST and then put the foam cover back over it.
There is absolutely no telling how long it had been running. There were literal ankle-deep puddles in the neighboring driveways.
And then, while trying to process that mess, we discovered that someone had spray-painted a lovely derogatory message across our front window.
Y’all… I was heartbroken.
I couldn't understand who would do something like this—or why.
We try so incredibly hard to give back to this community. We keep our Porch Pantry stocked as much as we possibly can. We give freely when someone needs help. We collect donations, buy groceries and hygiene products, put out water in the summer, and try to make this little corner of LaGrange a place where people know they can find kindness.
So yes, this hurt.
It hurt me. It hurt Kyla. It hurt financially, because I have no idea what that water bill is going to look like. And honestly, my heart hurts for the person who finds some kind of satisfaction in deliberately hurting someone else.
My only assumption is that someone had been using our water hose without our knowledge and became angry when we removed it for the winter. I may never know.
Since then, we've scrubbed the paint off the window, purchased locks for our outdoor spigots, adjusted our cameras, and kept going.
And having to lock a water spigot outside a little community apothecary that spends so much time trying to help people is probably one of the saddest parts of all of this.
But here's the part I want everyone to remember:
We are still here. And the Porch Pantry is still here. ❤️
In fact, after all of this happened, we received several wonderful pantry donations last week. That kindness reminded us exactly why we keep doing what we do.
This week, however, we're back down to very little and could really use our community's help filling the shelves again.
Our biggest needs right now are:
• Feminine hygiene products
• Canned foods
• Canned meats
• Pantry staples of all kinds
Donations can be dropped off at the shop during regular business hours.
We also accept monetary donations through:
💚 Venmo: -For-Hollers
💚 Cash App: $FolkMedicineFarm
Every single cent donated for the Porch Pantry is spent on the Porch Pantry. If you'd like a receipt showing exactly what your donation purchased, we're happy to provide one.
I refuse to let the actions of one person change the way we love this community.
We'll clean it up. We'll lock what we have to lock. We'll adjust the cameras. We'll restock the shelves.
And we'll keep going. ❤️
Thank you to every person who donates, shares our posts, checks on us, shops with us, fills the pantry, or simply reminds us that there is still far more good in this community than bad.
We love y'all. And we're not giving up. ❤️
