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Feed 86 families each week at Open Hands Pantry in Dallas
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Dallas.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Friday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 86 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 38% this harvest gap, 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 Dallas 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 $3,550 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,000
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $590
• Baby formula and diapers: $690
• Refrigeration and electricity: $270
Thank you so much.
- Pamela
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Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Pasig
Thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care.
hope things get better soon, Pamela. Shared this with my family. I hope November is when things finally get easier.
Rooting for you, Pamela. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer
Shared this with my family. Don't give up. Greetings from Gazipur
Sending strength, Pamela. Hope this works out for you. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
best of luck, Pamela. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Dallas
Good luck. Hope this works out for you. Love from Brest.
Hope it all works out. Great idea, hope you get there. After 18 years in accounting I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Praying for you, Pamela. Shared it with a few friends. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings
Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Gazipur but we're thinking of you.
Hang in there. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in teaching myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Take care
take care, Pamela. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Wish I lived closer to Semarang so I could bring a meal. Love from Johannesburg.
Sending good thoughts, Pamela. This could happen to any of us. Don't give up.
Hang in there, Pamela. I hope things turn around soon. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Love from Casablanca.
you're not alone. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I hope November is when things finally get easier.
it takes guts to ask. Well done. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out
Rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Dallas
Sending strength, Pamela. I hope things turn around soon. All the best.