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Feed 348 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Manila
Rhea runs a volunteer pantry feeding 348 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
🇵🇭 PhilippinesPosted Aug 28, 2026735 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Monday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 348 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 53% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Manila market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 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 $450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $175
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $170
• Baby formula and diapers: $55
• Refrigeration and electricity: $50
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Suranga Dissanayake 🇱🇰 · $25 · 1d ago
- Habtamu Gebre Zerihun 🇪🇹 · $50 · 1w ago
“Thinking of you. Shared with friends too. - Bahir Dar”
- Sofía W. Ramírez 🇪🇸 · $25 · 1w ago
“Wishing you the best. From Valencia with love.”
- Sergei Vitaly Sidorenko 🇺🇦 · $10 · 2w ago
- Mitu Shapla Molla 🇮🇳 · $5 · 3w ago
- Zara Javed 🇵🇰 · $25 · 3w ago
- Natália Renata Peixoto 🇧🇷 · $27 · 1mo ago
- Tanvi A. Chaudhary 🇮🇳 · $49.50 · 1mo ago
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Thanks for sharing this, Rhea. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. All the best.
stay strong. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Zaria.
So sorry you're going through this, Rhea. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Manila.
So sorry you're going through this, Rhea. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Tarragona so I could bring a meal. All the best.