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Feed 145 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Marseille
Jade runs a volunteer pantry feeding 145 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
🇫🇷 Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France2,603 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Monday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 29 families, and now we feed 145 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 58% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Marseille market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,050 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $750
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $750
• Baby formula and diapers: $270
• Refrigeration and electricity: $280
With deep gratitude,
Jade
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- Henry Adewale Adebayo 🇳🇬 · $100
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“Get well soon. I'm in Warren, thinking of you.”
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- Rahima Nusrat Jahan 🇮🇳 · $50
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- Vinod Sundaram 🇮🇳 · $50
“Wish I could do more. - Udaipur”
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $50
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Jade
It's all in the list in the story. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the big one at $750, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Thanks for looking so closely.
Good luck, Jade. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Marseille.
Hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. God bless.
Keep going, Jade. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Thane but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Marseille.
Sending strength. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Piraeus
Sending strength. More neighborhoods should do this. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Blessings.