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Feed 175 families each week at Community Pantry in Berlin
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Berlin.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Sunday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 175 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 60% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Berlin 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 $2,350 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,100
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $480
• Baby formula and diapers: $630
• Refrigeration and electricity: $140
With deep gratitude,
Monika
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Thinking of you. I hope things turn around soon. Don't give up. Love from Gwangju.
How is Monika doing now?
Take care. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't give up.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Monika.
Everything on the list is an amount I've been quoted or invoiced. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) comes first ($1,100) and I'll update the page as each thing gets paid. I'll keep the page updated.
Hang in there. This could happen to any of us. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
Wishing you the best, Monika. I hope things turn around soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Dasmariñas.
so sorry you're going through this, Monika. Hope this works out for you. Take care.
Sending strength. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Salerno.
Thanks for sharing this, Monika. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 27 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything