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Feed 99 families each week at the Thursday Table in Guarulhos

Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Guarulhos.

🇧🇷 Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil994 views
Marcelo Rodrigues
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Guarulhos
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Tuesday from the back of a community center. We started with 30 families, and now we feed 99 each week. Donations have dropped by about 37% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Guarulhos market and keep every receipt. Each $20 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $750 goes: • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $290 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $310 • Baby formula and diapers: $150 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Marcelo

Updates from Marcelo

  1. Small update. $446 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Update from Guarulhos: we've started the first stage. We're at 45% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  • Otávio Luiz Moreira 🇧🇷 · $250

    “From my family to yours. Gave what I could this week. - Belo Horizonte”

  • Derek Kelly 🇬🇧 · $200
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $100

    “Stay strong. Please keep us posted. - Salem”

  • Deniz Burak Çiftçi 🇳🇱 · $36
  • Hossain Mohammad Dutta 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Latoya B. Walker 🇯🇲 · $30

    “I'm in Spanish Town, thinking of you.”

  • Daniel Bello Okafor 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Anna Halina Wasilewski 🇵🇱 · $25

    “Thinking of you. My mother told me about this one. - Gdynia”

  • Jigna T. Phadke 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Cooper H. Park 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Be well! - Portland”

  • Pablo A. Soto 🇺🇸 · $15
  • Heather B. Walker 🇬🇧 · $15

    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Marcelo all day after reading this. - Manchester”

  • Birgitta Bengtsson 🇸🇪 · $10
  • Anthony G. Jennings 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Efua Patience Abdul 🇬🇭 · $10
  • Rosângela Pinto 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Muhammad Naveed Orakzai 🇵🇰 · $10

Reviews

3.5(15 reviews)

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    Made me feel heard

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  • Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Marcelo!

    • hang in there, Marcelo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Bangkok.

      • Amelia CastilloPhoto verified

        Praying for you, Marcelo. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Pattaya.

        • Hope it all works out. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Guarulhos.

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