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Feed 287 families each week at Community Pantry in Guarulhos
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Guarulhos.
🇧🇷 Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil1,077 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Monday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 8 families, and now we feed 287 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 59% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 16 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Guarulhos market and keep every receipt.
Each $20 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 $400 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $115
• Refrigeration and electricity: $85
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $200
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Updates from Luís
Update from Guarulhos: I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. We're at 69% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Kai M. Fisher 🇺🇸 · $10
- Musyoka Okello Lubega 🇹🇿 · $25
- Saeed Samir Mahmoud 🇪🇬 · $100
“From my family to yours. Thought of Luís all day after reading this. - Shubra”
- Rima Iman Soliman 🇸🇦 · $20
“All the best. Thought of Luís all day after reading this. - Riyadh”
- Shailesh D. Karandikar 🇮🇳 · $20
- Paloma E. Domínguez 🇲🇽 · $13.50
- Vasyl Yaroslav Rudenko 🇺🇦 · $20
“From my family to yours. Thought of Luís all day after reading this.”
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $25
- Erlangga Satria Wijaya 🇮🇩 · $10
- André Mateus Silva 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $48
“Rooting for you. Only $48 but hope it helps. - London”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $15
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $38
- Stanislav Kovalchuk 🇷🇺 · $45
- Rima Taslima Parvez 🇧🇩 · $30
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Luís all day after reading this. - Bogra”
- Elena Ávila 🇲🇽 · $25
- José F. Álvarez 🇪🇸 · $25
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Best of luck. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of Guarulhos.
I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Guarulhos!
Take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Sent it to 37 people at work