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Feed 147 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Glasgow
The Open Hands Pantry pantry in Glasgow is running low just as demand rises; $2,600 will stock it for 9 weeks.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 19 families, and now we feed 147 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 30% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 17 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Glasgow market and keep every receipt.
Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,600 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,650
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $490
• Baby formula and diapers: $300
• Refrigeration and electricity: $160
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- Aiden
Updates from Aiden
Small update. $546 so far, I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.
Thank you all. We're at 14% now ($376). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- Pavel Timur Polishchuk 🇷🇺 · $250
- Hridoy Karim 🇧🇩 · $75
- Dagmawit Gebre 🇪🇹 · $62
“Stay strong. Only $62 but hope it helps. - Adama”
- Tejal G. Bhatt 🇮🇳 · $51
“All the best. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Jaipur”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Ingrid Ingrid Guimarães 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $50
“Be well. Thought of Aiden all day after reading this. - Üsküdar”
- Hannah Elisabeth Köhler 🇩🇪 · $50
- Anonymous 🇳🇱 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $50
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $50
“Rooting for you. Saw your post and had to give. - Khulna”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $50
- Ricardo F. Clarke 🇯🇲 · $50
“Stay strong. My colleague told me about this one. - Montego Bay”
- Josiah Smith 🇺🇸 · $50
- Mrunal S. Desai 🇮🇳 · $33
- Odhiambo Temba 🇰🇪 · $30
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $30
- José G. Guzmán 🇦🇷 · $25
- Soo-jin Sun-hee Heo 🇰🇷 · $25
- Usman Babar Awan 🇵🇰 · $25
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looking forward to the next update. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.
gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Glasgow.
Sending good thoughts, Aiden. This could happen to any of us. I'm in construction myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care.
Take care, Aiden. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Londrina but we're thinking of you. God bless.
Sending love, Aiden. Looking forward to the next update. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care.
Sending good thoughts. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
Hang in there. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Saint Petersburg