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Feed 270 families each week at the Second Helping in Manchester
Ruth runs a volunteer pantry feeding 270 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
๐ฌ๐ง Manchester, England, United Kingdom3,186 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Thursday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 26 families, and now we feed 270 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 54% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 6 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Manchester market and keep every receipt.
Each $25 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 $1,900 goes:
โข Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,300
โข Fresh vegetables and fruit: $390
โข Refrigeration and electricity: $210
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Ruth
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- Dua Gill ๐ต๐ฐ ยท $855
โThought of Ruth all day after reading this. - Faisalabadโ
- Kevin T. Hawkins ๐บ๐ธ ยท $100
- Putri Fitri Hidayat ๐ฎ๐ฉ ยท $72
- Bambang Fajar Siahaan ๐ฎ๐ฉ ยท $55
โOnly $55 but hope it helps.โ
- Anonymous ๐ฎ๐ณ ยท $50
- Anonymous ๐ฎ๐ณ ยท $50
- Sumbal Rubina Kazmi ๐ต๐ฐ ยท $50
โGod bless. My brother told me about this one. - Faisalabadโ
- Elisa Concetta Valentini ๐ฎ๐น ยท $50
โWish I could do more. From Rome with love.โ
- Laiba Zainab Yousafzai ๐ต๐ฐ ยท $50
- Axel K. Santos ๐บ๐ธ ยท $50
โSending love. - Allentownโ
- Thandi Reddy ๐ฟ๐ฆ ยท $50
- Anonymous ๐ฌ๐ง ยท $50
- Giannis Kyriakou ๐ฌ๐ท ยท $50
โFrom my family to yours - Thessalonikiโ
- Fumiko Satomi Takada ๐ฏ๐ต ยท $40
- Isabel Castro ๐จ๐ด ยท $32
- Harsh N. Savla ๐ฎ๐ณ ยท $30
โHope this helps. Thought of Ruth all day after reading this. - Aurangabadโ
- Nadeem Muhammad Mughal ๐ต๐ฐ ยท $27
- Zubby Nnamdi Obi ๐ณ๐ฌ ยท $25.50
- Humaira Aleena Siddiqui ๐ต๐ฐ ยท $25
โSending love. Hope you get the rest soon. - Multanโ
- Efe Orhan Yalรงฤฑn ๐น๐ท ยท $25
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everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 8 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Soweto.
Wishing you peace, Ruth. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless
stay strong. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope May is when things finally get easier. All the best.
Stay strong, Ruth. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.
Thinking of you and your family. Looking forward to the next update. Greetings from Edinburgh.