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Feed 214 families each week at the Second Helping in Bakersfield

The the Second Helping pantry in Bakersfield is running low just as demand rises; $2,900 will stock it for 7 weeks.

🇺🇸 Bakersfield, California, United States1,253 views
Harper C. Gaines
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Bakersfield
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Thursday from the back of a community center. We started with 27 families, and now we feed 214 each week. Donations have dropped by about 35% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Bakersfield market and keep every receipt. Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $2,900 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,400 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $880 • Baby formula and diapers: $330 • Refrigeration and electricity: $290 Thank you so much. - Harper
#food-pantry#hunger#volunteer-led#food

Updates from Harper

  1. Thank you all. We're at 1% now ($17). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward fresh vegetables and fruit.

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  • Anitha C. Pai 🇮🇳 · $20

    “Thought of Harper all day after reading this. - Lucknow”

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  • Miles M. Washington

    Thanks for sharing this, Harper. Looking forward to the next update. God bless

    • Supriya M. Jadeja

      Hope it all works out, Harper. This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Bakersfield.

      • Sơn Vinh Do

        take care, Harper. Hope this works out for you.

        • Anita T. Tripathi

          Sending good thoughts, Harper. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from São Paulo.

          • Edson Rodrigo Sampaio

            Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Bakersfield

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