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Feed 278 families each week at Bread & Beans Kitchen in London
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in London.
🇬🇧 SE18 2WX, London, England, United Kingdom2,070 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 278 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 39% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the London market and keep every receipt.
Each $50 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 $1,450 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $200
• Refrigeration and electricity: $175
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,075
I hope life is good to you.
Updates from Bennett
Good news. Because of your gifts ($615 in total) I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Imani Lucy Swai 🇰🇪 · $25
- Maya Kartika Pratama 🇮🇩 · $25
“From my family to yours. Hope the November deadline works out. - Ubud”
- Vanessa Aguilar 🇵🇭 · $100
- Rose L. Reyes 🇵🇭 · $100
“Keep your head up. Thought of Bennett all day after reading this. - Cebu City”
- Geeta D. Panwar 🇮🇳 · $30
- Wulan Hani Permana 🇮🇩 · $10
- Sandeep Grewal 🇬🇧 · $50
- Manoel Manoel Costa 🇧🇷 · $50
- Miguel W. Garcia 🇵🇭 · $50
- Jonas Christian Braun 🇩🇪 · $66
- Zahid Babu Chowdhury 🇬🇧 · $10
“Thinking of you. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Newcastle upon Tyne”
- Hadley M. Pierce 🇨🇦 · $5
“Thought of Bennett all day after reading this. - Brandon”
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $15
- Elena J. Gutiérrez 🇺🇸 · $50
- Onyango Mwangi Mwakyusa 🇺🇬 · $20
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Alberto J. Tapia 🇲🇽 · $50
- Tejaswini K. Nair 🇮🇳 · $30
- Anonymous 🇧🇩 · $67.50
- Bimala Sunita Maharjan 🇳🇵 · $10
“God bless. Thought of Bennett all day after reading this. - Kathmandu”
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Take care. Looking forward to the next update. Sent it to 32 people at work
You're not alone. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Thinking of London.
Wishing you the best, Bennett. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of London.
Keep going, Bennett. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Móstoles.
Sending love, Bennett. Hope you get there. God bless.
good luck, Bennett. Hope you get there. Take care
wishing you the best, Bennett. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in San Francisco donated after I showed her your page.
Keep going, Bennett. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Wellington
Hang in there, Bennett. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out