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Feed 94 families each week at the Sunday Shelf in Maringá
Ingrid runs a volunteer pantry feeding 94 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Friday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 94 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 58% this summer, 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 Maringá market and keep every receipt.
Each $15 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $900 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $300
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $370
• Baby formula and diapers: $90
• Refrigeration and electricity: $140
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Ingrid
Updates from Ingrid
Thank you all. We're at 23% now ($204). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
- Chukwuemeka Segun Obi 🇳🇬 · $20
“Praying for you! - Gwagwalada”
- Majid Tariq Radwan 🇲🇦 · $10
- Yuna Megumi Nishimura 🇯🇵 · $50
- Renata W. Montes 🇺🇸 · $10
- Paloma B. Cordero 🇨🇴 · $100
- Mary Grace K. Lopez 🇵🇭 · $15.50
- Adriana Gómez 🇲🇽 · $50
- Florian Christian Wolff 🇩🇪 · $30
“God bless - Munich”
- Inna Olga Mikhailov 🇷🇺 · $5
“Sending love! - Moscow”
- Frank D. Ramirez 🇺🇸 · $10
- Dennis B. Walsh 🇺🇸 · $30
“Hang in there. I'm in Lansing, thinking of you.”
- Ellen Maas 🇳🇱 · $25
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $25
- Maurício Raimundo Coelho 🇧🇷 · $250
“Thinking of you. I'm in Ribeirão Preto, thinking of you. - Ribeirão Preto”
- Sergio A. Pérez 🇲🇽 · $10
- Shivam L. Kohli 🇬🇧 · $45
- Leo B. Enriquez 🇵🇭 · $25
- Ishita N. Arora 🇮🇳 · $25
“Best of luck. Gave what I could this week. - Hubballi”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $20
“Best of luck. From Siliguri with love.”
- Elena E. Muñoz 🇲🇽 · $10
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Rooting for you, Ingrid. Shared this with my family. Blessings.
Best of luck. Hope this works out for you. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Blessings!
Thinking of you and your family, Ingrid. I hope things turn around soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
Keep going. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Take care
Stay strong. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings.
Shared this with my family. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Novosibirsk.