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Feed 149 families each week at Community Pantry in Anaheim
The Community Pantry pantry in Anaheim is running low just as demand rises; $2,150 will stock it for 8 weeks.
🇺🇸 California, United States1,715 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Thursday from the back of a community center. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 149 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 34% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 16 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Anaheim market and keep every receipt.
Each $35 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 $2,150 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $410
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $810
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $930
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Amparo
Updates from Amparo
Thank you all. We're at 35% now ($742). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
- Dhruv W. Chavan 🇮🇳 · $10
- Dennis B. Adams 🇺🇸 · $10
- Huyền Dinh 🇺🇸 · $100
- Brian L. Rhodes 🇬🇧 · $10
- Nasrin Lamia Das 🇮🇳 · $5
- Hằng Ngân Do 🇻🇳 · $5
- Priyanka A. Balakrishnan 🇮🇳 · $75
- Eugene W. Walters 🇺🇸 · $25
- Fernando P. Paredes 🇺🇸 · $33
- Thắng Nghĩa Kieu 🇻🇳 · $10
- Vishal S. Sood 🇬🇧 · $50
- Tamar Golan 🇮🇱 · $25
- Wesley Silva 🇬🇧 · $75
“God bless. From Edinburgh with love.”
- Wendy H. Brewer 🇨🇦 · $50
- Marisol K. Espinoza 🇲🇽 · $5
- Zubby Abdullahi 🇳🇬 · $25
- Janhavi L. Sawant 🇮🇳 · $30
- Henry T. Clark 🇺🇸 · $25
- Ahmet Ali Çetin 🇹🇷 · $30
- Otávio Murilo Rodrigues 🇧🇷 · $50
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Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Anaheim!
Thanks for sharing this, Amparo. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care
thanks for sharing this, Amparo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Take care.
good luck, Amparo. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care!
Hope it all works out. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Novosibirsk.
Hang in there. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Siliguri
Hope things get better soon, Amparo. Shared this with my family. After 12 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
wishing you the best, Amparo. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. God bless.
Sending love, Amparo. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My colleague had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings
Sending love. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Anaheim.
Take care. Your post was clear and honest. My sister had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Nîmes.
Wishing you peace, Amparo. Shared it with a few friends. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best.