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DIANA: A FREE PET PANTRY IS IN NEED THIS EVENING AFTER VANDALS APPARENTLY LEFT IT EMPTY AND DAMAGED. 12 NEWSS ZOIE HENRY SHOWS US HOW THE COMMUNITY NEAR 91ST AND CRAWFORD ON MILWAUKEES SOUTHWEST SIDE IS JUMPING IN TO HELP. ZOIE: VICKY VAN LARE IS ON A MISSION TO HELP HER NEIGHBORS WITH PET FOOD AND SUPPLI BUT HER KINDNESS HAS BEEN CRUSHED. >> IT HURTS ME. IT REALLY HURTS THAT SOMEBODY FEELS THAT ENTITLED, THAT THEY NEED TO COME DESTROY SOMETHING ELSE THAT SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS DOING. ZOIE: VAN LARES NONPROFIT, ROXZS RESOURCES, STOCKS A FREE FOOD PANTRY IN THE MORGAN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ON MILWAUKEES SOUTH SIDE. BUT OVER THE LAST TWO MONTHS, SHE CLAIMS VANDALS DAMAG FREE BOX IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE AND CLEANED OUT THE SUPPLIES. >> DOORS BEEN BROKEN AND WEVE BEEN EMPTIED OUT TWICE AVERAGE OF $200 AT A TIME. ZOIE: SHES CALLED THE POLICE, BUT THEY TOLD HER SINCE THE ITEMS ARE FREE, THERES NOTHING THEY CAN DO. >> IT IS HEAVY, BUT IM NOT. — YOURE NOT GOING TO STOP ME. AND I JUST ASKED THE COMMUNITY IF THEY CAN JUST HELP, YOU KNOW, DONATE SOME STUFF TO R THIS, BECAUSE BRUNOS PET PANTRY IS JUST A SIDEKICK OFF OF ROXYS RESOURCES AND AWARENESS, AND LET THEM KNOW, HEY, ROXYS DOES THIS, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW WHO KNOWS US, WE DO SO MUCH OTHER STUFF. ZOIE: AFTER THE VANDALISM COMMISSION MADE A FACEBOOK POST ASKING THE COMMUNITY FOR HELP, AND THEN CAME THIS AND MORE. >> SOMETIMES I COME HOME FROM WORK BECAUSE MY HUSBAND I BOTH WORK FULL-TIME JOBS. WE HAVE BOXES LINED UP. WE HAD OUR FREE COMMUNITY, PET FOOD, AND SUPPLIES EVENT ON SATURDAY. I HAD PEOPLE COME UP WITH CARTS, WHEELIE CARTS, JUST ST ZOIE: FOR NOW, SHELL BE STOCKING A LITTLE LESS AND KEEPING A CLOSER EYE ON THE SUPPLIES. BUT SHES SAYS SHE REMAINS COMMITTED TO HELPING HER PE