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Feed 319 families each week at Neighbors' Pantry in Leeds
Brandon runs a volunteer pantry feeding 319 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Sunday from the back of a community center. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 319 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 45% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Leeds market and keep every receipt.
Each $35 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 $3,350 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,700
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,150
• Baby formula and diapers: $360
• Refrigeration and electricity: $140
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- Brandon
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hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Anaheim
Stay strong, Brandon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.
Keep going, Brandon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
sending good thoughts, Brandon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. God bless
Praying for you, Brandon. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.