 Ruby's Pantry hosted their monthly pop-up Pantry Tuesday at the Brainerd National Guard Armory with a $20 donation anyone can come and receive around $120 worth of groceries. Our reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Hundreds of people gathered at the Brainerd National Guard Armory for Ruby's Pantry, an event that takes place every second Tuesday of the month. Ruby's Pantry is designed to really serve anybody who has a little desire to extend their grocery budget beyond the end of the month and who doesn't need that? With a $20 donation, people can come through and receive around $120 worth of groceries, ranging from frozen meats to dry goods, dairy, vegetables and more. What we do is we allow people to come in, purchase their share and then we ask them to have a seat and we let about 20 out at a time so they can get in line in their vehicles where volunteers will load them up with their shares and then we just ask that they don't block any exits or entrance so we just keep the traffic flowing really nicely. 79 volunteers handed out over 22,000 pounds of food all within an hour and a half. We work fast. We start distribution at 11 a.m. and end at 12 30 and we average about 354 shares a month right now. So our goal is to stay consistent at 400 and like I said the more people that participate, the more food that will be sent and more money goes back into our community. By attending Ruby's Pantry, not only are you able to save on groceries, but the money that is donated to buy a share of food is used towards a worthy cause in the Brainerd community. A lot of the money goes to help other organizations. This month we distributed about $1,900 to a variety of places, bridges of hope, Minnesota Adult Teen Challenge and a number of other organizations as well as some specific needs got met for medical assistance for people and other things like that. The organization has been distributing food to the Brainerd community for 10 years and hopes to continue the tradition well into the future. There's a lot of people that are struggling and I think it's huge for food. It's huge to put a smile on somebody's face. It's one of the things we talk about is that we need to talk to people when they come and make them feel important and that's what we try to do. Reporting from Brainerd, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. Ruby's Pantry in Brainerd is hosted by the Journey North Church every second Tuesday of the month. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.