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Feed 209 families each week at Bread & Beans Kitchen in Berlin
Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in Berlin.
🇩🇪 Berlin, Berlin, Germany3,607 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Wednesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 209 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 33% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Berlin 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 $2,250 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,050
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $850
• Baby formula and diapers: $195
• Refrigeration and electricity: $155
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Emma
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Praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer!
great idea, hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update
Hang in there, Emma. Great idea, hope you get there. After 23 years in public service I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care
Rooting for you, Emma. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in construction myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
keep going. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Swansea.
Thinking of you, Emma. Great idea, hope you get there. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.
Thanks for sharing this, Emma. I hope things turn around soon.
Hope it all works out, Emma. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Blessings!