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Feed 245 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Coyoacán
Cristina runs a volunteer pantry feeding 245 families; this fund restocks shelves for the rainy season.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Tuesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 20 families, and now we feed 245 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 54% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 20 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Coyoacán market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 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 $700 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $160
• Refrigeration and electricity: $65
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $475
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Cristina
Updates from Cristina
Small update. $66 so far, the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled.
- Brenda W. Norris 🇦🇺 · $15
- Adeline M. Elliott 🇬🇧 · $50
“Happy to help. Hope the October deadline works out. - Nottingham”
- Maina Paul Okello 🇰🇪 · $12
- Gilbert N. Dela Cruz 🇵🇭 · $100
- Elaine Maria Mendes 🇧🇷 · $23.50
- Souad Lina Naguib 🇪🇬 · $30
- Anonymous 🇦🇺 · $100
- Mercedes N. Quiroga 🇲🇽 · $25
“Hang in there. I'm in Mérida, thinking of you.”
- Priya Lipi Sheikh 🇮🇳 · $6
- Weston Meyer 🇺🇸 · $25
“Keep your head up. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Anaheim”
- Ezekiel Wheeler 🇺🇸 · $10
“Hope this helps. Thought of Cristina all day after reading this. - San Diego”
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sending strength, Cristina. Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Cairo this morning.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Coyoacán
more neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings!
sending love, Cristina. Great idea, hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. All the best
You're not alone, Cristina. It takes guts to ask. Well done.