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Feed 114 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Tokyo

Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Tokyo.

🇯🇵 Japan2,353 views
Riku Hideo Yamashita
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Tokyo
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Thursday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 30 families, and now we feed 114 each week. Donations have dropped by about 31% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Tokyo market and keep every receipt. Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $1,400 goes: • Refrigeration and electricity: $190 • Baby formula and diapers: $270 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $940 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
#food-pantry#hunger#volunteer-led#food

Updates from Riku

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 45% funded and the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. - Riku

  2. Quick update: $500 raised so far (36%). I made the first payment toward refrigeration and electricity. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “Sending love. Thought of Riku all day after reading this. - Birmingham”

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    “Good luck. Hope the October deadline works out. - Spanish Town”

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    “Blessings. Been where you're, it gets better. - Celaya”

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    “Take care of yourselves. Gave what I could this week. - A Coruña”

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    “Thought of Riku all day after reading this. - Uberlândia”

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    “Good luck. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Wiesbaden”

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  • Juliet NnamdiID verified

    Rooting for you, Riku. Hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.

    • Tesfaye Girma Kebede

      Thinking of you. This could happen to any of us. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Enugu

      • Mythili G. Iyengar

        So sorry you're going through this, Riku. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did

        • Basma Nadia Hamid

          Hope it all works out, Riku. Looking forward to the next update. Please keep us posted

          • Upul Hasitha Nanayakkara

            Hang in there, Riku. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Awka so I could bring a meal.

            • Kemal TekinAddress verified

              Shared this with my family. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Tokyo.

              $1,137 raised of $1,400

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