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Feed 143 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Berlin

Ida runs a volunteer pantry feeding 143 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.

🇩🇪 Germany2,729 views
Ida Lina Schulte
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Berlin
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Tuesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 143 each week. Donations have dropped by about 47% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Berlin market and keep every receipt. Each $50 feeds a family of four for a week. I'll post the weekly shopping receipts and a photo of the shelves each Sunday. Where the $1,350 goes: • Refrigeration and electricity: $240 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $830 • Baby formula and diapers: $280 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Ida
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Updates from Ida

  1. Quick update: $710 raised so far (53%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($250 in total) we've started the first stage. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely. - Ida

  3. 11% there. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Thank you. - Ida

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  • Natnael Fasil Gebremariam

    sending strength, Ida. Hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Berlin

    • Dusit Boonmee Ampai

      Hope things get better soon, Ida. More neighborhoods should do this.

      • Amaka Folake Obi

        praying for you, Ida. Hope you get there

        • Rani Rani Tan

          Hang in there. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Madurai.

          • Sowmya J. Anand

            Stay strong, Ida. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend

            • Emily Nash

              Thinking of you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Dhaka

              • Alicja Sawicki

                Hope it all works out, Ida. Hope you get there. My neighbor in Thane donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Thane

                • Oanh Huyền Quach

                  Sending strength, Ida. Looking forward to the next update. God bless

                  • Armando G. Flores

                    Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We're a small family in Newcastle but we're thinking of you. All the best

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