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Feed 95 families each week at the Harvest Pantry in Mandaue
The the Harvest Pantry pantry in Mandaue is running low just as demand rises; $500 will stock it for 7 weeks.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Friday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 95 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 45% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 16 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Mandaue market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $500 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $250
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $90
• Baby formula and diapers: $100
• Refrigeration and electricity: $60
Thank you for reading my story.
Updates from Kathleen
Good news. Because of your gifts ($219 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Anonymous 🇳🇿 · $100
- Mateus Henrique Sampaio 🇧🇷 · $100
- Pankaj Arora 🇮🇳 · $35
“Hang in there. From Kanpur with love.”
- Noman Omar Hossain 🇧🇩 · $30
- Ewa Kalinowski 🇵🇱 · $30
“Be well. Hope you get the rest soon. - Kraków”
- Joshua L. Ayala 🇺🇸 · $30
- Modupe Temitope Okafor 🇳🇬 · $30
- Nao Yuna Sakamoto 🇯🇵 · $30
- Ethan Rice 🇺🇸 · $25
- Gabriel Yann Riviere 🇫🇷 · $25
“Sending love - Metz”
- Ezra K. Armstrong 🇺🇸 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
“From El Paso with love.”
- Keith Nichols 🇬🇧 · $20
- Willow Mitchell 🇺🇸 · $20
“Hope things get better. Please keep us posted. - San Jose”
- Lucas Griffin 🇬🇧 · $15
“Wish I could do more. Shared with friends too. - Aberdeen”
- Noémie Chloé Legrand 🇲🇦 · $13
“Hope things get better. From Casablanca with love.”
- Lia Hutapea 🇮🇩 · $11
- Mark S. Mahlangu 🇿🇦 · $10
- Fernando Vinícius Dias 🇧🇷 · $10
“You got this. I'm in Caruaru, thinking of you.”
- Dennis B. Payne 🇦🇺 · $10
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Kathleen
It's all in the list in the story. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the big one at $250, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Thanks for looking so closely.
Good luck, Kathleen. Your post was clear and honest. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
Take care, Kathleen. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer
is there anything that isn't money that would help Kathleen?
Thank you. If you're in Mandaue I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks, that means a lot.
stay strong, Kathleen. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Warsaw.
How is Kathleen doing now?
Praying for you, Kathleen. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Sacramento.
rooting for you, Kathleen. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.
shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Calamba so I could bring a meal
Thinking of you and your family, Kathleen. Great idea, hope you get there. I hope November is when things finally get easier
Hope things get better soon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Take care.
Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Mandaue!
wishing you the best. Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.
you're not alone, Kathleen. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did.
Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Mandaue
keep going, Kathleen. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out. Take care
Sending love, Kathleen. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.
Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Dallas but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Dallas.
Keep going, Kathleen. Great idea, hope you get there.