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Feed 358 families each week at the Thursday Table in Geelong
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Geelong.
🇦🇺 Victoria, Australia1,199 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Monday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 358 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 39% this harvest gap, 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 Geelong 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 $3,100 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,400
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,150
• Baby formula and diapers: $390
• Refrigeration and electricity: $160
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
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- Ellen Van der Veen 🇳🇱 · $500
- Michelle J. Rios 🇬🇧 · $500
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $100
- Ziad Mansour 🇸🇦 · $100
- Lillian Espinoza 🇬🇧 · $100
- Kiran H. Reddy 🇮🇳 · $100
“Wishing you the best. Please keep us posted. - Ludhiana”
- Victoria J. Bridges 🇺🇸 · $100
- Ekow Ntim 🇬🇭 · $75
- Eduardo F. Moreno 🇺🇸 · $54
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $50
- Nnamdi Daniel Okafor 🇳🇬 · $50
- Kalyani F. Patel 🇮🇳 · $50
- Klaus Moritz Baumann 🇩🇪 · $50
- Randall Singleton 🇺🇸 · $50
- Alexander Fowler 🇺🇸 · $30
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $30
- Okta Gita Prasetyo 🇮🇩 · $27.50
- Nihal Uçar 🇹🇷 · $25
- Vasanthi A. Namboothiri 🇮🇳 · $25
- Kun Yang Ding 🇨🇦 · $25
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Rooting for you, Maverick. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Geelong.
take care. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Milan.
Thinking of you, Maverick. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Sent it to 23 people at work. Love from Coyoacán.
Keep going. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Olinda.
Best of luck, Maverick. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings.
Sending good thoughts. Shared this with my family. Love from Bangkok.
Keep going, Maverick. This could happen to any of us.
hang in there, Maverick. Hope this works out for you.
Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Zapopan
sending strength. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Geelong
Stay strong, Maverick. Great idea, hope you get there.
thanks for sharing this, Maverick. I hope things turn around soon.
Stay strong, Maverick. Looking forward to the next update. Blessings.
Rooting for you. I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Pretoria but we're thinking of you.
Rooting for you, Maverick. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Munich
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Sent it to 38 people at work. Thinking of Geelong.
Take care. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Jakarta
Good luck, Maverick. Great idea, hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.
So sorry you're going through this. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of Geelong.
take care, Maverick. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.