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Feed 369 families each week at Bread & Beans Kitchen in Cork

The Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry in Cork is running low just as demand rises; $2,950 will stock it for 7 weeks.

🇮🇪 Cork, Munster, Ireland853 views
Grainne R. Casey
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Cork
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Saturday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 369 each week. Donations have dropped by about 35% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Cork market and keep every receipt. Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $2,950 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,350 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,050 • Baby formula and diapers: $350 • Refrigeration and electricity: $200 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself. - Grainne

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  • Wojciech Tomasz Zieliński 🇵🇱 · $50
  • Million Zelalem Bekele 🇪🇹 · $50
  • Andrés W. Urbina 🇲🇽 · $25

    “Hope it all works out. Please keep us posted. - Irapuato”

  • Irini Georgia Zafeiriou 🇬🇷 · $100

    “God bless. Thought of Grainne all day after reading this. - Athens”

  • Masud Saif Siddique 🇧🇩 · $20
  • Zulkifli Kurniawan Simanjuntak 🇮🇩 · $20
  • Cris Zamora 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Roman R. Meyer 🇺🇸 · $64
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $100

    “Thinking of you. Thought of Grainne all day after reading this. - Nottingham”

  • Joost Joost Hendriks 🇳🇱 · $50
  • Rizwan Qasim Aslam 🇵🇰 · $1,000
  • Dennis M. Wade 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Tuva Wallin 🇸🇪 · $50
  • Jana Köhler 🇩🇪 · $1,000
  • Ananya R. Murthy 🇮🇳 · $25
  • Haris Irfan Tampubolon 🇮🇩 · $10

    “Stay strong. From Semarang with love. - Semarang”

  • Nadia Mona Yassin 🇪🇬 · $10
  • Esther Grace Coker 🇳🇬 · $100
  • Ionuț Vasile Munteanu 🇷🇴 · $5
  • Paul Femi Igwe 🇳🇬 · $10

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  • Is there anything that isn't money that would help Grainne?

    • Grainne R. CaseyOwnerAnswerPhoto verified

      Thank you. If you're in Cork I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Fair thing to want to know.

  • Wishing you peace, Grainne. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

    • Carmen CabreraID verified

      Sending strength, Grainne. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. God bless.

      • Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Grainne!

        • Grainne R. CaseyOwnerAnswerPhoto verified

          Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is $1,350 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Let me know if you want more detail.

      • so sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best.

        • More neighborhoods should do this. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings

          • Thinking of you and your family. Shared this with my family. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best!

            • Wishing you the best, Grainne. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Cork.

              • Sending love, Grainne. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Khon Kaen

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