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Feed 352 families each week at Community Pantry in Incheon

Sun-hee runs a volunteer pantry feeding 352 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.

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Sun-hee Seo-yeon Seo
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Incheon
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Thursday from the back of a community center. We started with 21 families, and now we feed 352 each week. Donations have dropped by about 42% this winter, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 6 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Incheon 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 $1,550 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $590 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $440 • Baby formula and diapers: $340 • Refrigeration and electricity: $180 I hope life is good to you.

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  • Byaruhanga Wafula Mussa 🇰🇪 · $30
  • Vignesh Menon 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Aditi B. Gurjar 🇮🇳 · $27.50

    “Rooting for you. Only $28 but hope it helps. - Lucknow”

  • Arturo P. Benítez 🇨🇴 · $50
  • Aisha M. Reddy 🇿🇦 · $25

    “All the best. Gave what I could this week. - Cape Town”

  • Emre Mert Şen 🇳🇱 · $100
  • Waylon King 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Patrícia Bianca Moraes 🇧🇷 · $20
  • Mackenzie F. Jones 🇺🇸 · $52.50

    “Blessings. Only $53 but hope it helps. - Scranton”

  • Joseph A. Jordan 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Saeed Ghassan Radwan 🇪🇬 · $75
  • João Edson Carvalho 🇧🇷 · $30
  • Bartosz Stępień 🇵🇱 · $5

    “Best of luck. Thought of Sun-hee all day after reading this. - Radom”

  • Jack T. Marquez 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Luca Jacobs 🇦🇺 · $20

    “Wishing you the best. Please keep us posted. - Geelong”

  • Anton Philipp Simon 🇩🇪 · $5
  • Musyoka Kimaro 🇰🇪 · $51
  • Dinesh B. Awasthi 🇮🇳 · $7.50
  • Maya Jihan Tanoto 🇮🇩 · $25
  • Grzegorz Dąbrowski 🇬🇧 · $20

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  • Sending good thoughts, Sun-hee. Looking forward to the next update. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Jeddah.

    • Thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too!

      • Yusuf Bilal SiddiquiPhoto verified

        Sending love. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Salerno.

        • how is Sun-hee doing now?

          • So sorry you're going through this. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.

            • Thinking of you, Sun-hee. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor in Belo Horizonte donated after I showed her your page. Blessings

              • Best of luck, Sun-hee. Hope this works out for you. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected

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