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Feed 98 families each week at Neighbors' Pantry in Iztapalapa

Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Iztapalapa.

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Abril P. Treviño
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Iztapalapa
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 12 families, and now we feed 98 each week. Donations have dropped by about 41% this winter, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Iztapalapa market and keep every receipt. Each $15 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 $700 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $440 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $210 • Refrigeration and electricity: $50 Thank you so much. - Abril
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Updates from Abril

  1. Update from Iztapalapa: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 4% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 7% funded and I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.

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  • Bennett T. Cooper 🇺🇸 · $10.50
  • Wayne P. Dlamini 🇿🇦 · $20
  • Larysa Tetiana Danylenko 🇷🇺 · $30

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  • William P. Lucas

    take care, Abril. This could happen to any of us

    • Karina M. Valdez

      Thinking of you and your family, Abril. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. All the best.

      • Vihaan L. Sidhu

        Hope this works out for you. I hope October is when things finally get easier. Love from Columbus.

        • Hossain Joy Dutta

          This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out

          • Bernd Lukas Krüger

            thinking of you and your family, Abril. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 17 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

            • Susana L. Álvarez

              thinking of you and your family. It takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings.

              • Lincoln L. West

                Keep going. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too. All the best.

                $60.50 raised of $700

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