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Feed 322 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Yonkers
The the Harvest Pantry pantry in Yonkers is running low just as demand rises; $2,850 will stock it for 7 weeks.
🇺🇸 Yonkers, New York, United States3,378 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Tuesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 322 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 47% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Yonkers market and keep every receipt.
Each $45 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 $2,850 goes:
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,350
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,100
• Baby formula and diapers: $400
With deep gratitude,
Bennett
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“Wish I could do more. Hope the December deadline works out. - Vancouver”
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“Every little bit. My brother told me about this one. - The Hague”
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- Noah A. Silva 🇨🇦 · $100
“Take care of yourselves. Hope the December deadline works out. - Brandon”
- Yogesh L. Narayanan 🇮🇳 · $76.50
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“All the best. Saw your post and had to give. - Shreveport”
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- Dennis T. Castillo 🇵🇭 · $57
- Carlos A. López 🇲🇽 · $50
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It takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Nagpur
Sending good thoughts. I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Patna donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.
Hope it all works out. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Glendale.
Wishing you the best, Bennett. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Salvador.
Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. I'm in farming myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Yonkers.
hang in there, Bennett. It takes guts to ask. Well done.
good luck, Bennett. I hope things turn around soon. All the best.
Stay strong, Bennett. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in
Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Memphis but we're thinking of you
Thinking of you and your family, Bennett. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in São Paulo but we're thinking of you. Greetings from São Paulo.
so sorry you're going through this. Hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Juazeiro do Norte this morning
Rooting for you, Bennett. Hope this works out for you. All the best.