Allegiant donation lands at Las Vegas food pantry

Las Vegas Review-Journal

5 years ago

Jeana Taylor, left, founder of Vegas Community Pantry, and her husband Scott watch as Darren Ra ... — Jeana Taylor, left, founder of Vegas Community Pantry, and her husband Scott watch as Darren Ranew, facility chief engineer at Allegiant Air, unloads cases of Diet Coke into their neighborhood food pantry on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. The food and drinks are commissary items that Allegiant had planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Vegas for March Madness. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Jeana Taylor, left, founder of Vegas Community Pantry, and her husband Scott watch as Andrew Porrello, corporate communications specialist at Allegiant Air, unloads cases of Diet Coke into their neighborhood food pantry on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. The food and drinks are commissary items that Allegiant had planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Vegas for March Madness. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Jeana Taylor, left, founder of Vegas Community Pantry, and her husband Scott check out items after a few Allegiant Air employees delivered a donation of snacks and drinks to her neighborhood food pantry on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. The food and drinks are commissary items that Allegiant Air had planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Vegas for March Madness. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Darren Ranew, facility chief engineer at Allegiant Air, unloads cases of Diet Coke into Jeana Taylor’s, founder of Vegas Community Pantry, garage as a few Allegiant employees delivered a donation of snacks and drinks to her neighborhood food pantry on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. The food and drinks are commissary items that Allegiant had planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Vegas for March Madness. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Jeana Taylor, second left, founder of Vegas Community Pantry, and her husband Scott, second right, watch as Andrew Porrello, left, corporate communications specialist at Allegiant Air, and Darren Ranew, facility chief engineer, unload cases of Diet Coke into their neighborhood food pantry on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. The food and drinks are commissary items that Allegiant had planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Vegas for March Madness. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

Jeana Taylor, founder of Vegas Community Pantry, displays items at her garage as she waits for a few Allegiant Air employees to deliver a donation of snacks and drinks to her neighborhood food pantry on Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Las Vegas. The food and drinks are commissary items that Allegiant Air had planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Vegas for March Madness. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye

On Thursday, Allegiant Air made a donation to the Vegas Community Pantry in Las Vegas. The food and drinks were commissary items that the airline had planned to serve to passengers who were flying to Sin City in March.

Vegas Community Pantry was started by Jeana Taylor, a performer with Cirque du Soleil. Performers were furloughed in March with the shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic.

She said she started a Facebook group, Vegas Community Pantry, to collect food items to donate. She and her husband run the pantry out of their garage, using volunteer drivers to deliver food to those in need.

Allegiant is headquartered in Summerlin.