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Feed 232 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Columbus
The Open Hands Pantry pantry in Columbus is running low just as demand rises; $3,350 will stock it for 6 weeks.
🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United StatesPosted Oct 1, 20263,055 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Friday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 232 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 60% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Columbus market and keep every receipt.
Each $30 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $3,350 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,050
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $380
• Baby formula and diapers: $690
• Refrigeration and electricity: $230
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Roman
Updates from Roman
Update from Columbus: the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. We're at 28% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Raghavan T. Das 🇮🇳 · $20 · 3h ago
- Frank D. Hill 🇺🇸 · $100 · 3h ago
“Hope things get better. I'm in Buffalo, thinking of you. - Buffalo”
- Hudson W. Herrera 🇺🇸 · $5 · 3h ago
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $50 · 3h ago
- Josefina P. Bautista 🇵🇭 · $25 · 3h ago
- Tumusiime Kamau Tembo 🇹🇿 · $25 · 3h ago
- Somchai Manit Buranasiri 🇹🇭 · $10 · 3h ago
- Hazel L. Bailey 🇺🇸 · $25 · 3h ago
“God bless. My father told me about this one. - Memphis”
- Gloria P. Pruitt 🇨🇦 · $20 · 3h ago
- Donatella Viola Costantini 🇮🇹 · $10 · 3h ago
- Lorenzo B. Cruz 🇲🇽 · $25 · 3h ago
“Hope things get better. Hope the December deadline works out. - Tehuacán”
- Julia P. Nguyen 🇺🇸 · $20 · 3h ago
- Stefan Schmid 🇩🇪 · $31 · 3h ago
- Diana Vera Gusev 🇺🇦 · $200 · 3h ago
“Only $200 but hope it helps. - Odesa”
- Rolando H. Galang 🇵🇭 · $10 · 3h ago
- Dylan T. Riley 🇺🇸 · $5 · 3h ago
- Ani Yuni Setiawan 🇮🇩 · $10 · 3h ago
- Shaista Nida Lashari 🇵🇰 · $25 · 3h ago
- Mariana Nunes 🇧🇷 · $25 · 3h ago
- Rémi Vasseur 🇫🇷 · $70 · 3h ago
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Rooting for you. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Aberdeen
Stay strong. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Nashik so I could bring a meal. Take care
Thinking of you, Roman. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Cairo.
Rooting for you, Roman. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Columbus
rooting for you, Roman. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Blessings
praying for you, Roman. Your post was clear and honest. All the best
thanks for sharing this, Roman. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We're a small family in Sherbrooke but we're thinking of you.