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Feed 204 families each week at Neighbors' Pantry in Kawasaki

Yuki runs a volunteer pantry feeding 204 families; this fund restocks shelves for the rainy season.

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Yuki Hayato Nakajima
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Kawasaki
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Sunday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 28 families, and now we feed 204 each week. Donations have dropped by about 30% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 20 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Kawasaki market and keep every receipt. Each $45 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $1,750 goes: • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $930 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $550 • Baby formula and diapers: $270 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot. - Yuki

Updates from Yuki

  1. Small update. $562 so far, the first invoice got paid this week.

  • Rani B. Nanda 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Nina Ksenia Sidorov 🇺🇦 · $25
  • Het D. Parikh 🇮🇳 · $50

    “Good luck. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Durgapur”

  • Patrícia Cristiane Castro 🇧🇷 · $5
  • Ghassan Sami Metwally 🇪🇬 · $25

    “Hope the July deadline works out. - Giza”

  • Brenda Hernandez 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Moumita Shapla Saha 🇮🇳 · $10

    “All the best. Thought of Yuki all day after reading this. - Noida”

  • Imani Winnie Njoroge 🇰🇪 · $31
  • Eli F. Rice 🇳🇿 · $15

    “Get well soon. Small amount but sent with love. - Auckland”

  • Megan T. Washington 🇺🇸 · $76
  • Marie Sophia Huber 🇩🇪 · $30
  • Ali Arslan Butt 🇵🇰 · $25
  • Trupti P. Pawar 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $30
  • Taylor W. Silva 🇺🇸 · $10

    “Every little bit. I'm in Houston, thinking of you.”

  • Zara Uzma Warraich 🇵🇰 · $5

    “Be well. Only $5 but hope it helps. - Lahore”

  • Shirin Sabina Bose 🇮🇳 · $10

    “Hope the July deadline works out. - Hubballi”

  • William Quincy 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Wishing you the best. My colleague told me about this one. - Sacramento”

  • Isaac Yakubu Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Shireen Williams 🇿🇦 · $50

    “Happy to help. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Soweto”

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  • Good luck, Yuki. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too

    • Thinking of you and your family, Yuki. This could happen to any of us.

      • can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Kawasaki

        • so sorry you're going through this, Yuki. Looking forward to the next update. All the best

          • Good luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Kawasaki!

            • Rooting for you, Yuki. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes

              • Rooting for you, Yuki. Great idea, hope you get there. Blessings.

                • how is Yuki doing now?

                  • Hope it all works out, Yuki. Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Fort Worth this morning. Love from Fort Worth

                    • Wishing you peace, Yuki. Shared this with my family.

                      • Take care, Yuki. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.

                        • you're not alone. Gave what I could, wish it was more. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

                          • Sending strength. Your post was clear and honest. My husband and I read this together!

                            • So sorry you're going through this, Yuki. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Odesa.

                              • Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.

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