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Feed 63 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Scranton
Bennett runs a volunteer pantry feeding 63 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Thursday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 30 families, and now we feed 63 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 44% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Scranton market and keep every receipt.
Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $4,150 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,200
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,200
• Baby formula and diapers: $440
• Refrigeration and electricity: $310
Glad we found this place.
- Bennett
Updates from Bennett
Wanted to say thank you properly. 13% funded and the plan for fresh vegetables and fruit is now scheduled.
- Anonymous 🇯🇲 · $500
“Good luck. Thought of Bennett all day after reading this.”
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $200
- Cengiz Serkan Sarı 🇹🇷 · $50
“Thinking of you. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Istanbul”
- Babu Sabbir Hossain 🇮🇳 · $7
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Good luck. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 7 years in public service I know how hard it is to ask for anything
Praying for you. This could happen to any of us. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings.