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Feed 187 families each week at the Second Helping in Thessaloniki

Vasileios runs a volunteer pantry feeding 187 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.

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Vasileios Manolis Papadakis
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Thessaloniki
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Sunday from the back of a community center. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 187 each week. Donations have dropped by about 37% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 9 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Thessaloniki market and keep every receipt. Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $1,450 goes: • Baby formula and diapers: $280 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $560 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $610 If you're reading this, thank you.

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  • Dieter Matthias Koch 🇩🇪 · $50
  • Itzhak Efrati 🇮🇱 · $20

    “Best of luck. From Haifa with love.”

  • Nancy Akua Amponsah 🇬🇭 · $10
  • Sandra Camila Rocha 🇧🇷 · $13

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  • How is Vasileios doing now?

    • So sorry you're going through this. Looking forward to the next update. I'll check back for the next update. Greetings from Toulon.

      • sending love, Vasileios. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless

        • Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Vasileios.

          • Baby formula and diapers is $280 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks, that means a lot.

        • Thinking of you. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. All the best.

          • Todd AshworthID verifiedPhoto verified

            Praying for you. I hope things turn around soon. Put this on a community board in Üsküdar this morning. Greetings from Üsküdar

            • Sending love. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Thessaloniki

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