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Feed 70 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Poitiers
Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in Poitiers.
🇫🇷 Poitiers, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FrancePosted Oct 1, 20261,809 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Friday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 12 families, and now we feed 70 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 34% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Poitiers market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,300 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $820
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $860
• Baby formula and diapers: $360
• Refrigeration and electricity: $260
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
Updates from Élodie
We're at 4% thanks to 6 of you. the plan for refrigeration and electricity is now scheduled. More news soon.
Update from Poitiers: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 8% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
Thank you all. We're at 13% now ($305). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- Sergio C. Espinoza 🇦🇷 · $25 · 2h ago
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $20 · 2h ago
- Raphaël Alexandre Paris 🇫🇷 · $10 · 2h ago
- Walter Taylor 🇬🇧 · $10 · 2h ago
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $25 · 2h ago
“You got this. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Zaria”
- Suresh S. Bisht 🇮🇳 · $10 · 2h ago
- Ángel B. Urbina 🇪🇸 · $31 · 2h ago
- Rubina Shapla Miah 🇮🇳 · $50 · 2h ago
- Harold N. Robertson 🇺🇸 · $50 · 2h ago
- Cynthia C. Mendez 🇨🇦 · $74 · 2h ago
“Be well. Thought of Élodie all day after reading this.”
- Jorge Carlos Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $50 · 2h ago
- Krystyna Oliwia Szymański 🇵🇱 · $50 · 2h ago
- Yasir Mahmoud Haddad 🇪🇬 · $25 · 2h ago
“Take care of yourselves - Aswan”
- Jihan Ani Effendi 🇮🇩 · $10 · 2h ago
- Emma C. Dixon 🇺🇸 · $25 · 2h ago
“Thinking of you. Saw your post and had to give. - Saint Paul”
- Linda Adjoa Annan 🇬🇭 · $30 · 2h ago
- Jayson S. Pineda 🇵🇭 · $100 · 2h ago
- Aadhya M. Srivastava 🇮🇳 · $25 · 2h ago
- Byaruhanga Kamau Barasa 🇺🇬 · $100 · 2h ago
“Thought of Élodie all day after reading this. - Mukono”
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $100 · 2h ago
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is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Élodie.
It's all in the list in the story. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the big one at $820, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Let me know if you want more detail.
More neighborhoods should do this. Love from San Fernando
Thinking of you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Poitiers.