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Feed 384 families each week at Neighbors' Pantry in Munich

Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Munich.

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Pınar Hatice Kara
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Munich
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Monday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 384 each week. Donations have dropped by about 33% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Munich market and keep every receipt. Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $1,750 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $640 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $440 • Baby formula and diapers: $400 • Refrigeration and electricity: $270 Thanks for reading all this.

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  • Nora L. Hopkins 🇺🇸 · $25
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  • Todd G. Moore 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Dinesh S. Soni 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Bappy Hridoy Chowdhury 🇧🇩 · $5

    “Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Rajshahi”

  • Hamza Lotfy 🇪🇬 · $10
  • Nadia Hegazy 🇪🇸 · $5
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  • Nur Citra Firmansyah 🇮🇩 · $57
  • Paisley Kim 🇬🇧 · $25
  • Kemi Mercy Okoro 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Henry Oyelaran 🇳🇬 · $25

    “Be well. Thought of Pınar all day after reading this. - Epe”

  • Emma Delphine Thomas 🇲🇦 · $5

    “Good luck. Please keep us posted. - Tangier”

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  • Eugene Langley 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Lucía E. Vega 🇨🇴 · $10
  • Otávio Tiago Gonçalves 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Teresa H. Guerrero 🇺🇸 · $10

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  • hope things get better soon, Pınar. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Johannesburg so I could bring a meal. Love from Mumbai

      • Praying for you, Pınar. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together

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          Good luck, Pınar. Your post was clear and honest.

          • Thanks for sharing this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Sent it to 25 people at work. Love from Miami

            • keep going, Pınar. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Vadodara but we're thinking of you.

              • Your post was clear and honest. After 16 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything.

                • Thinking of you. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Belo Horizonte.

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