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Feed 338 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Allentown
The Open Hands Pantry pantry in Allentown is running low just as demand rises; $2,850 will stock it for 9 weeks.
🇺🇸 Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States1,393 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Saturday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 338 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 50% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Allentown market and keep every receipt.
Each $55 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,850 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $850
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,250
• Baby formula and diapers: $470
• Refrigeration and electricity: $280
Thanks for reading all this.
- Quinn
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- Saanvi K. Awasthi 🇮🇳 · $54
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $44
- Riley N. Nguyen 🇺🇸 · $25
- Terry Ferguson 🇨🇦 · $1,000
- Jamal Fahmy 🇪🇬 · $66
- Angel Reyes 🇵🇭 · $50
“Thinking of you. Gave what I could this week. - Lapu-Lapu”
- Rafael H. Cordero 🇺🇸 · $100
- Patricia J. Orozco 🇲🇽 · $100
- Mohan A. Srinivasan 🇮🇳 · $10
- Josephine F. Campos 🇦🇺 · $25
- Citra Novi Hartono 🇮🇩 · $10
- Haris Umar Siddiqui 🇵🇰 · $20
- Shreya S. Gandhi 🇮🇳 · $25
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Keep going. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. After 17 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything
Hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Mardan so I could bring a meal. God bless
stay strong, Quinn. Shared this with my family. I'm in retail myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.
so sorry you're going through this, Quinn. Shared this with my family. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.