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Feed 161 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Feira de Santana

The the Sunday Shelf pantry in Feira de Santana is running low just as demand rises; $1,100 will stock it for 8 weeks.

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Cláudio Ricardo Pereira
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Feira de Santana
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Monday from the back of a community center. We started with 27 families, and now we feed 161 each week. Donations have dropped by about 39% this winter, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Feira de Santana market and keep every receipt. Each $15 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $1,100 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $560 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $350 • Baby formula and diapers: $135 • Refrigeration and electricity: $55 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure. - Cláudio
#food-pantry#hunger#volunteer-led#food

Updates from Cláudio

  1. Quick update: $269 raised so far (24%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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  • Tobias Anton Jung 🇩🇪 · $10
  • Ife Tijani 🇳🇬 · $10

    “Hang in there. I'm in Benin City, thinking of you. - Benin City”

  • Yolanda H. Delgado 🇲🇽 · $100
  • Mateo Hansen 🇨🇦 · $50
  • Tayyaba Tayyaba Ismail 🇵🇰 · $10
  • Renata N. Navarro 🇪🇸 · $50

    “Happy to help! - Barcelona”

  • Kasun Ruwan Weerasinghe 🇱🇰 · $30

    “Thought of Cláudio all day after reading this. - Dehiwala”

  • Cristian Soto 🇪🇸 · $100

    “Happy to help. Hope you get the rest soon. - Alcalá de Henares”

  • Ximena T. Santos 🇲🇽 · $20
  • Gugu D. Naidoo 🇿🇦 · $10

    “Blessings. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Soweto”

  • Favour Ngozika Jimoh 🇳🇬 · $30

    “Stay strong. Thought of Cláudio all day after reading this. - Lagos”

  • Addison C. Perkins 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Elena B. Hunter 🇳🇿 · $50
  • Ngọc Nga Kieu 🇻🇳 · $4
  • Opio John Mwakyusa 🇺🇬 · $80.50
  • Claire Noémie Lemoine 🇫🇷 · $5

    “Get well soon. - Toulouse”

  • Abhishek P. Sharma 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Barbara Caterina Sartori 🇮🇹 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇨🇴 · $10

    “Stay strong. Thought of Cláudio all day after reading this.”

  • Rohan T. Mittal 🇮🇳 · $10

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  • Talha Moin Warraich

    Take care, Cláudio. Hope you get there!

    • Inbar Azoulay

      Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Blessings.

      • Shweta P. Seth

        More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Palmira.

        • Khang Nam Cao

          Thinking of you, Cláudio. Looking forward to the next update.

          • Carlos W. Chávez

            Take care. Great idea, hope you get there. Blessings.

            • Emilia Allen

              Rooting for you, Cláudio. Your post was clear and honest. I hope October is when things finally get easier.

              $928.50 raised of $1,100

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