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Feed 185 families each week at Bread & Beans Kitchen in Birmingham
Deborah runs a volunteer pantry feeding 185 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom844 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Thursday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 185 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 48% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Birmingham market and keep every receipt.
Each $30 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $1,950 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $310
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,300
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $340
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Deborah
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you're not alone, Deborah. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings
Sending strength, Deborah. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
Stay strong. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings!
Thanks for sharing this, Deborah. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.
Keep going, Deborah. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from London.
Thinking of you and your family, Deborah. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 28 people at work. Blessings!
Keep going, Deborah. Hope you get there. I hope June is when things finally get easier. Blessings.