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Feed 381 families each week at the Second Helping in Ballarat
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Ballarat.
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Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Tuesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 21 families, and now we feed 381 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 49% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Ballarat market and keep every receipt.
Each $50 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 $3,700 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $280
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,350
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,070
Glad we found this place.
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- Haris Kamran Orakzai 🇵🇰 · $50
“Blessings. I'm in Peshawar, thinking of you. - Peshawar”
- Madeline Sanchez 🇬🇧 · $48
“Rooting for you. Only $48 but hope it helps.”
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $46
“Hope things get better. Thought of Aditi all day after reading this.”
- Rotimi Rotimi Popoola 🇳🇬 · $25
- Marlene Marie Simon 🇩🇪 · $20
“Good luck. From Mannheim with love. - Mannheim”
- Zoya Yana Bogdanov 🇺🇦 · $10
- Bhavna W. Sharma 🇮🇳 · $10
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Sending strength, Aditi. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out.
Keep going, Aditi. Hope you get there. My husband and I read this together.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Ballarat