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Feed 232 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Dallas

Stephanie runs a volunteer pantry feeding 232 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.

🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States386 views
Stephanie T. Walker
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Dallas
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Monday from the back of a community center. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 232 each week. Donations have dropped by about 47% this harvest gap, 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 Dallas market and keep every receipt. Each $35 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 $2,600 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $840 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $570 • Baby formula and diapers: $740 • Refrigeration and electricity: $450 Every share and every dollar helps.
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  • Sita E. Srivastava

    Great idea, hope you get there. Sent it to 11 people at work.

    • Lester R. Reyes

      wishing you the best. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Sandton.

      • Isabel E. Cordero

        Rooting for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Kraków.

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