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Feed 199 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Charlotte
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Charlotte.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Saturday from the back of a community center. We started with 30 families, and now we feed 199 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 47% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Charlotte market and keep every receipt.
Each $30 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 $2,600 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,400
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $510
• Baby formula and diapers: $250
• Refrigeration and electricity: $440
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Samuel
Thank you all. We're at 56% now ($1,453). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for refrigeration and electricity is now scheduled.
- Ezra R. Cortez 🇬🇧 · $250
“Every little bit - Liverpool”
- Pranjal N. Bhatt 🇮🇳 · $100
- Abosede Ronke Alabi 🇳🇬 · $100
“Sending love. Thought of Samuel all day after reading this.”
- Juliet Lilian Quadri 🇳🇬 · $100
- Salma Hala Wahba 🇪🇬 · $100
“My mother told me about this one. - Cairo”
- Naveed Shahid Tarar 🇵🇰 · $100
- Yamini M. Khanna 🇮🇳 · $100
“Happy to help - Jodhpur”
- Alice Caterina Gatti 🇮🇹 · $100
- Mohan G. Namboothiri 🇮🇳 · $100
“God bless. From Nashik with love.”
- Santiago Dunn 🇺🇸 · $100
- Moritz Elias Baumann 🇩🇪 · $100
“God bless. From Duisburg with love.”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $100
- Tejaswini C. Mohan 🇮🇳 · $100
- Trisha R. Salvador 🇵🇭 · $100
- Allison A. Johnson 🇺🇸 · $100
- Andrew N. Day 🇺🇸 · $100
- Élodie Pauline Lefebvre 🇫🇷 · $75
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $75
- Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $71.50
“God bless. Only $72 but hope it helps. - Melbourne”
- Okechukwu Ebuka Oladipo 🇳🇬 · $50
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Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Charlotte.
Thank you. If you're in Charlotte I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.
Shared this with my family. Greetings from Toronto.