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Feed 387 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Campinas

Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Campinas.

🇧🇷 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil1,306 views
Caio Thiago Gomes
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Campinas
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 387 each week. Donations have dropped by about 38% 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 Campinas market and keep every receipt. Each $10 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 $1,000 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $500 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $300 • Baby formula and diapers: $125 • Refrigeration and electricity: $75 Thanks for reading all this. - Caio
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Updates from Caio

  1. Wanted to say thank you properly. 39% funded and I made the first payment toward fresh vegetables and fruit.

  2. We're at 17% thanks to 8 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

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    “Sending love. Hope the February deadline works out. - Bristol”

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    “Hope things get better. Hope you get the rest soon. - Mombasa”

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    “Keep your head up. - Thessaloniki”

  • Tamanna Salma Mia 🇮🇳 · $10

    “Thought of Caio all day after reading this. - Mumbai”

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    “Blessings. From Nagoya with love.”

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    “Stay strong. Saw your post and had to give. - Frankfurt”

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    “Sending love. I'm in Boulogne-Billancourt, thinking of you.”

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    “God bless! - Gondar”

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  • Dinesh Ganesh Shrestha

    great idea, hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust

    • Volodymyr Yevhen Soloviev

      Stay strong, Caio. This could happen to any of us. I'm in logistics myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.

      • Jaxon J. Newman

        everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Campinas.

        • Lincoln H. Mason

          Rooting for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings.

          • Elijah M. Arnold

            Thanks for sharing this, Caio. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry

            • Mahmoud Hussein Sarkis

              Sending strength, Caio. Great idea, hope you get there.

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