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Feed 89 families each week at Neighbors' Pantry in Nîmes
The Neighbors' Pantry pantry in Nîmes is running low just as demand rises; $2,300 will stock it for 10 weeks.
🇫🇷 Nîmes, Occitanie, France1,530 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Saturday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 89 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 59% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Nîmes market and keep every receipt.
Each $50 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): $1,050
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $500
• Baby formula and diapers: $500
• Refrigeration and electricity: $250
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Thomas
Updates from Thomas
Small update. $619 so far, the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled.
- Angel Enriquez 🇵🇭 · $100
- Rahel Melaku 🇪🇹 · $100
- Milon Kamrul Khan 🇧🇩 · $100
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
- Tumusiime Odhiambo Mutua 🇰🇪 · $100
- Aaron S. Harper 🇬🇧 · $80
“Only $80 but hope it helps. - Liverpool”
- Domenico Paolo Coppola 🇮🇹 · $75
“Hope the May deadline works out. - Catania”
- Artem Danylo Antonov 🇺🇦 · $75
“Wishing you the best. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Lviv”
- Thomas T. Davis 🇬🇧 · $50
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $50
- Noah Sixten Holmgren 🇸🇪 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $49
- Rohit S. Srivastava 🇮🇳 · $30
- Ezra B. Jones 🇺🇸 · $30
- Na-young Kyung-mi Seo 🇰🇷 · $30
- Siva L. Goud 🇮🇳 · $25
- Sachiko Rin Kobayashi 🇯🇵 · $25
“Good luck. My cousin told me about this one. - Kobe”
- Kreesan E. Cloete 🇿🇦 · $25
- Usman Zeeshan Hanif 🇵🇰 · $25
“Hope the May deadline works out. - Quetta”
- Bernd Hahn 🇩🇪 · $25
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hope things get better soon. Shared this with my family. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Greetings from Siliguri.
Good luck, Thomas. Gave what I could, wish it was more
Thinking of you and your family, Thomas. This could happen to any of us. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Ibadan
Hope it all works out. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Olinda
Great idea, hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Nîmes
Keep going. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.