The Free Pantry, Creating a Healthier Community

Speaking With Influence

Saifon Plewtong's mission is to share healthy food, love and hope with those in need through The Free Pantry. Saifon Plewtong is the co-founder of The Free Pantry. Growing up, Saifon lived on a small island with lush vegetation. Fruits and vegetables of all shapes and colors were abundant; food was literally hanging everywhere. She never needed money or even touched it until she was teenager. Everything she needed was on that island and she could eat as much as she wanted whenever she wanted it. She noticed the miraculous design in nature. She watched as seeds from trees fell to the ground, sprouted from the soil and grew into beautiful trees and vines. She watched flowers turn into fruit and saw that each fruit had a special protective shell to keep it from being damaged by bugs and weather. She couldn’t help but notice that even the seasons were part of this amazing design, working together to produce the fruits and vegetables that she grew to love so much. Her work continues through the free pantry.