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Feed 214 families each week at Community Pantry in San Jose
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in San Jose.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Thursday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 214 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 36% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the San Jose 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 $3,200 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $960
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,250
• Baby formula and diapers: $700
• Refrigeration and electricity: $290
Thanks for being kind about this.
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- Agnès Rey 🇫🇷 · $672
- Keith T. Black 🇦🇺 · $250
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $250
- Beatrice Achieng Mwangi 🇺🇬 · $200
- Levi N. Keller 🇬🇧 · $100
“You got this. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Derry”
- Cynthia P. Chambers 🇺🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $100
“From my family to yours. Shared with friends too. - Newcastle upon Tyne”
- Umesh L. Sood 🇮🇳 · $100
- Lucy Neema Wekesa 🇰🇪 · $100
“From my family to yours. Saw your post and had to give. - Eldoret”
- Sinta Ayu Salim 🇮🇩 · $100
- Anonymous 🇬🇷 · $100
“Keep your head up. Gave what I could this week. - Patras”
- Mauricio L. Castillo 🇺🇸 · $100
- Yolanda B. Quiroga 🇲🇽 · $79
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $75
“Blessings! - Benin City”
- Jiro Kazuki Hashimoto 🇯🇵 · $69
- Yolanda M. Vega 🇺🇸 · $65
- Sebastian Thomas Böhm 🇩🇪 · $59
“You got this - Mannheim”
- Elena F. Valdez 🇲🇽 · $51
- Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $50
- Vy Huyền Dao 🇻🇳 · $50
“Sending love. Gave what I could this week. - Cầu Giấy”
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Hang in there, Mason. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Mason
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the biggest at $960. Thanks, that means a lot.
Hope it all works out. Shared it with a few friends. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected!
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of San Jose.
Hang in there. Hope you get there. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings.
so sorry you're going through this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. All the best.