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Feed 399 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Utrecht
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Utrecht.
🇳🇱 Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands2,434 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Monday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 8 families, and now we feed 399 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 41% this winter, 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 Utrecht market and keep every receipt.
Each $55 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 $2,200 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $370
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,250
• Baby formula and diapers: $580
With deep gratitude,
Kees
Updates from Kees
Good news. Because of your gifts ($468 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $100
- Nicola Emanuele Mancini 🇮🇹 · $100
“Wishing you the best. Been where you are, it gets better. - Salerno”
- Haris Yusuf Halim 🇮🇩 · $200
“Take care of yourselves. Only $200 but hope it helps. - Jakarta Barat”
- Wambui Nakato Bakari 🇰🇪 · $25
- Caterina Patrizia Basile 🇮🇹 · $68.50
“God bless. Only $69 but hope it helps. - Bergamo”
- Easton Oliver 🇦🇺 · $200
- Rachel Le 🇨🇦 · $54
“Good luck. Thought of Kees all day after reading this.”
- Vani K. Randhawa 🇮🇳 · $10
- Habib Abdul Majumder 🇧🇩 · $30
- Somsak Wirat Saetang 🇹🇭 · $10
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $10
“From my family to yours. Thought of Kees all day after reading this. - Santos”
- Achieng Naliaka Mugisha 🇹🇿 · $100
- Myra T. Rawat 🇮🇳 · $10
- Jepkoech Awino Wafula 🇰🇪 · $10
- Karina E. Castro 🇦🇷 · $21
- Kana Chihiro Uchida 🇯🇵 · $30
- Elena J. Ramírez 🇺🇸 · $50
“Hang in there. Hope you get the rest soon. - Philadelphia”
- Rania Khadija Cherif 🇸🇦 · $50
- Soo-ah Seul-gi Yang 🇺🇸 · $15
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Sending love, Kees. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of Utrecht.
Best of luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care.
stay strong, Kees. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Utrecht
rooting for you, Kees. Your post was clear and honest. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.