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Feed 349 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Turin
The Open Hands Pantry pantry in Turin is running low just as demand rises; $2,300 will stock it for 7 weeks.
🇮🇹 Turin, Piedmont, Italy2,060 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Sunday from the back of a community center. We started with 20 families, and now we feed 349 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 52% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Turin 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 $2,300 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,200
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $470
• Baby formula and diapers: $360
• Refrigeration and electricity: $270
With deep gratitude,
Giuseppe
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- Tayo Nonso Tijani 🇳🇬 · $75
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $75
“Hang in there. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Liverpool”
- Vincent Kwadwo Quaye 🇬🇭 · $59
“Thought of Giuseppe all day after reading this. - Tema”
- Fábio Gustavo Amaral 🇧🇷 · $51
- Tizita Liya Kassa 🇪🇹 · $50
“Be well. Saw your post and had to give. - Hawassa”
- Atim Auma Urassa 🇹🇿 · $50
- Lorena C. Ibáñez 🇺🇸 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $30
- Zahid Liton Sarker 🇧🇩 · $30
“Thought of Giuseppe all day after reading this. - Dhaka”
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $25
- Mark L. Salazar 🇵🇭 · $25
“Hope things get better. Saw your post and had to give. - Lapu-Lapu”
- Ana A. Estrada 🇺🇸 · $20.50
“Best of luck. From Denver with love.”
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- Jennifer E. Mendez 🇺🇸 · $19
- Fernando F. Cruz 🇲🇽 · $14
- Sani Ifeanyi Hassan 🇳🇬 · $10
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“Stay strong. Thought of Giuseppe all day after reading this. - Coyoacán”
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Good luck, Giuseppe. Your post was clear and honest. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
thanks for sharing this, Giuseppe. Shared this with my family. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Turin
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Giuseppe
Wishing you the best, Giuseppe. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Turin!
Hope things get better soon, Giuseppe. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.
Hang in there. Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Lahore so I could bring a meal. God bless.