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Feed 367 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Thane
Neha runs a volunteer pantry feeding 367 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Sunday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 28 families, and now we feed 367 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 31% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 16 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Thane 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 $500 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $65
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $180
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $255
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Updates from Neha
Good news. Because of your gifts ($222 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
Small update. $147 so far, the plan for rice, beans, flour and oil is now scheduled.
- Adam Jean Legrand 🇫🇷 · $225
- Jannat Rahima Khan 🇧🇩 · $4
- Hậu Thắng Trinh 🇻🇳 · $50
- Pooja G. Grewal 🇮🇳 · $50
- Sawsan Sara Sarkis 🇲🇦 · $25
- Woo-jin Joon-woo Ryu 🇰🇷 · $100
- Duha Dina Aziz 🇪🇬 · $10
- Kavita N. Joshi 🇮🇳 · $37
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Hope things get better soon, Neha. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.