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Feed 156 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Huntsville

The the Harvest Pantry pantry in Huntsville is running low just as demand rises; $4,150 will stock it for 6 weeks.

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Ángel E. Salazar
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Huntsville
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Monday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 156 each week. Donations have dropped by about 41% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 15 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Huntsville market and keep every receipt. Each $40 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 $4,150 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,050 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,150 • Baby formula and diapers: $540 • Refrigeration and electricity: $410 I hope life is good to you. - Ángel
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Updates from Ángel

  1. Thank you all. We're at 24% now ($995). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.

  2. Update from Huntsville: I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers. We're at 19% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Hong Juan Li 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Brian Musyoka 🇹🇿 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Saba Aster Legesse 🇪🇹 · $50
  • Alejandro P. Sandoval 🇺🇸 · $7

    “Rooting for you. Hope the February deadline works out. - Flint”

  • Damilola Kehinde Nnamdi 🇳🇬 · $5

    “Happy to help. I'm in Ogbomosho, thinking of you.”

  • Gerardo J. Quiroga 🇪🇸 · $5

    “Stay strong. Thought of Ángel all day after reading this. - Madrid”

  • Peyton N. Gonzalez 🇨🇦 · $30
  • Harini N. Rajan 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Aylin Hande Şen 🇹🇷 · $10
  • Inés B. Moreno 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Stefania Damico 🇮🇹 · $21
  • Rubén T. Macías 🇨🇴 · $30

    “Thought of Ángel all day after reading this. - Bogotá”

  • Anonymous 🇳🇱 · $21
  • Craig M. Moodley 🇿🇦 · $100

    “Hope it all works out. Hope the February deadline works out. - Johannesburg”

  • Alexandre Wagner Rodrigues 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Raúl T. Campos 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Nomsa J. Nkosi 🇿🇦 · $30
  • Srinivas C. Acharya 🇮🇳 · $200
  • Sudip Lama 🇳🇵 · $30

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  • Parker J. Stewart

    stay strong, Ángel. Hope you get there. Sent it to 39 people at work. God bless.

    • Aditi D. Awasthi

      Keep going, Ángel. This could happen to any of us. Love from Taguig

      • Alice Reynolds

        take care, Ángel. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Huntsville.

        • Yiğit Orhan Erdoğan

          so sorry you're going through this. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.

          • Arjen Meijers

            Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Huntsville

            • Doris K. ChavezPhoto verified

              hope things get better soon, Ángel. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. God bless.

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