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Feed 318 families each week at Community Pantry in San Jose
Luca runs a volunteer pantry feeding 318 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States4,587 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Sunday from the back of a community center. We started with 9 families, and now we feed 318 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 48% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the San Jose market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 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 $3,100 goes:
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $960
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,550
• Baby formula and diapers: $590
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
Updates from Luca
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- Taylor W. Green 🇦🇺 · $492
- Zubby Chinedu Nwankwo 🇳🇬 · $250
- Indira W. Varadarajan 🇮🇳 · $250
“Wish I could do more. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Aurangabad”
- Jocelyn Salazar 🇨🇦 · $100
- Jepkoech Mercy Tumusiime 🇹🇿 · $100
“From my family to yours. Thought of Luca all day after reading this. - Kinondoni”
- Mason F. Hamilton 🇺🇸 · $100
- Radosław Dawid Kubiak 🇵🇱 · $100
- Anonymous 🇷🇴 · $100
- Maria Guerra 🇮🇹 · $100
- Kehinde Titilayo Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $100
- Byung-hun Yong-jun Noh 🇰🇷 · $75
- Sayali K. Jadeja 🇮🇳 · $75
“All the best. Thought of Luca all day after reading this. - Coimbatore”
- Thierry Muller 🇫🇷 · $75
- Salman Omer Niazi 🇵🇰 · $75
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Luca all day after reading this. - Hyderabad”
- Rabia Duygu Uçar 🇹🇷 · $69
- Mateo D. Fuentes 🇲🇽 · $63.50
“Thought of Luca all day after reading this. - Coyoacán”
- Mana Ayumi Aoki 🇯🇵 · $62.50
“From my family to yours. Please keep us posted. - Kawasaki”
- Funmilayo Damilola Gbadamosi 🇳🇬 · $53.50
- Yetunde Mercy Lasisi 🇳🇬 · $50
- Mick A. O'Keeffe 🇮🇪 · $50
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Thanks for sharing this, Luca. Great idea, hope you get there. Greetings from Quezon City.
praying for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Surakarta
You're not alone, Luca. More neighborhoods should do this. I'm in public service myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
Hope things get better soon, Luca. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like
Praying for you, Luca. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Dnipro.