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Feed 61 families each week at Community Pantry in San Diego
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in San Diego.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 61 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 50% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 6 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the San Diego market and keep every receipt.
Each $60 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 $3,200 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,800
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $580
• Baby formula and diapers: $440
• Refrigeration and electricity: $380
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Teresita A. Cruz 🇵🇭 · $10
- Lillian W. Greene 🇺🇸 · $30
“God bless. Only $30 but hope it helps. - Anaheim”
- Bello Samuel Oyelaran 🇳🇬 · $75
“Rooting for you. Hope the January deadline works out. - Ikeja”
- Tania Salma Hasan 🇧🇩 · $200
- Narayan Subash Dahal 🇳🇵 · $15
- Ravi D. Dhillon 🇮🇳 · $52
- Kemi Idowu Nwosu 🇳🇬 · $25
“Praying for you. Thought of Brielle all day after reading this. - Kano”
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $10
- Aleksandra Barbara Zawadzki 🇵🇱 · $15
- Chanchai Chaiyasit 🇹🇭 · $100
“Blessings. My neighbor told me about this one. - Phuket”
- Ramesh E. Jat 🇮🇳 · $50
- Janet R. Ferguson 🇺🇸 · $250
- Venkat L. Pai 🇮🇳 · $30
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $20
“Stay strong. Thought of Brielle all day after reading this. - Embakasi”
- Oliwia Kubiak 🇵🇱 · $25
- Vikas S. Bajwa 🇮🇳 · $30
- Joy Shuvo Sarker 🇧🇩 · $20
- Maurício Leandro Prado 🇧🇷 · $15
“Sending love. I'm in Curitiba, thinking of you. - Curitiba”
- Jewel Imran Begum 🇧🇩 · $75
“You got this. Hope the January deadline works out. - Savar”
- Alexandra E. Alexander 🇬🇧 · $18
“Only $18 but hope it helps. - Manchester”
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wishing you the best. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Wish I lived closer to Gaziantep so I could bring a meal. All the best.
Stay strong, Brielle. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.
thanks for sharing this, Brielle. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Kakamega so I could bring a meal. Take care
Wishing you peace, Brielle. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of San Diego!
Sending strength, Brielle. Hope this works out for you. All the best.
Wishing you peace. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. God bless.
Hope you get there. We're a small family in Bursa but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Bursa.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Kampala.