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Feed 153 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Fukuoka

Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Fukuoka.

🇯🇵 Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan1,712 views
Noriko Saito
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Fukuoka
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 153 each week. Donations have dropped by about 31% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Fukuoka market and keep every receipt. Each $30 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 $2,200 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,050 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $840 • Baby formula and diapers: $200 • Refrigeration and electricity: $110 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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  • María T. Ramírez

    stay strong, Noriko. This could happen to any of us. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust

    • Yasir Hussein Kassem

      wishing you the best, Noriko. Looking forward to the next update. I have a 17 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless.

      • Aarav H. RajputPhoto verified

        More neighborhoods should do this. We're a small family in Seongnam but we're thinking of you.

        • Rachel D. Edwards

          Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

          • Mugisha Mukasa Rashidi

            Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 10 people at work. Thinking of Fukuoka.

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