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Feed 73 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Rockford
The the Harvest Pantry pantry in Rockford is running low just as demand rises; $3,400 will stock it for 7 weeks.
🇺🇸 Rockford, Illinois, United States1,225 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Monday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 19 families, and now we feed 73 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 49% this harvest gap, 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 Rockford market and keep every receipt.
Each $50 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 $3,400 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,900
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,200
• Baby formula and diapers: $200
• Refrigeration and electricity: $100
Thank you so much.
- Soledad
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sending strength, Soledad. More neighborhoods should do this. We're a small family in Seattle but we're thinking of you. All the best.
Wishing you peace. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless
Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Zagazig this morning. Blessings.
Wishing you the best. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't be hard on yourself for asking!
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Adama.
Thanks for sharing this, Soledad. Hope this works out for you. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry!
Sending love, Soledad. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Los Angeles
Wishing you peace. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Jakarta this morning.
Thinking of you, Soledad. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. God bless.
Hope things get better soon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.