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Feed 361 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Munich

Heinz runs a volunteer pantry feeding 361 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.

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Heinz Mayer
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Munich
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Friday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 361 each week. Donations have dropped by about 58% this summer, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 15 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Munich market and keep every receipt. Each $50 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $2,300 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $770 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $680 • Baby formula and diapers: $480 • Refrigeration and electricity: $370 You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it. - Heinz
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Updates from Heinz

  1. Small update. $530 so far, the plan for rice, beans, flour and oil is now scheduled.

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    “Good luck. Thought of Heinz all day after reading this.”

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  • Asad Tariq Siddiqui

    So sorry you're going through this. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Munich.

    • Luciana Beatriz Oliveira

      sending strength. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I'm in accounting myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.

      • Isaiah K. Campos

        hope it all works out, Heinz. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Yokohama but we're thinking of you

        • Mariana R. LaraID verifiedVerified organizationPhoto verified

          Good luck, Heinz. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I hope August is when things finally get easier.

          • Brielle C. Rivera

            gave what I could, wish it was more. Put this on a community board in San Francisco this morning. God bless

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