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Feed 143 families each week at the Thursday Table in Kingston

Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Kingston.

🇯🇲 Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica2,192 views
Nicholas R. Facey
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Kingston
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 29 families, and now we feed 143 each week. Donations have dropped by about 58% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 19 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Kingston market and keep every receipt. Each $15 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $850 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $570 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $120 • Baby formula and diapers: $90 • Refrigeration and electricity: $70 Thanks for reading all this.
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  • Edson Leonardo Sampaio

    Sending strength. More neighborhoods should do this. Blessings!

    • Yogesh D. Kothari

      Hang in there. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours.

      • Henry M. SandersPhoto verified

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

        • Amira Hala Soliman

          Sending strength. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Kingston.

          • Josefa G. Valdez

            This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Nairobi this morning. Thinking of Kingston.

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