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Help Alexa keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked

Alexa runs a volunteer pantry feeding 230 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.

🇬🇧 Southampton, England, United Kingdom3,785 views
Alexa G. Pierce
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Southampton
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Monday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 230 each week. Donations have dropped by about 53% 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 Southampton market and keep every receipt. Each $50 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 $1,700 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $550 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $630 • Baby formula and diapers: $230 • Refrigeration and electricity: $290 With deep gratitude, Alexa

Updates from Alexa

  1. Thank you all. We're at 59% now ($997). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  2. 16% there. the plan for fresh vegetables and fruit is now scheduled. Thank you.

  3. Wanted to say thank you properly. 29% funded and I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers.

  • Julia Jadwiga Krupa 🇵🇱 · $250
  • Netsanet Bezawit Shiferaw 🇪🇹 · $100

    “Sending love. Small amount but sent with love. - Hawassa”

  • Ricardo R. Fuentes 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Kai Zheng 🇨🇦 · $50
  • Jacob W. Edwards 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Barasa Byaruhanga Simiyu 🇰🇪 · $10
  • Levi Carrillo 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Viola Coppola 🇮🇹 · $100

    “Good luck. I'm in Milan, thinking of you.”

  • Swati W. Sachdeva 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $50
  • Wiktoria Ewa Piotrowski 🇵🇱 · $10
  • Bo Hui Wei 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Vivian Long 🇺🇸 · $50

    “Blessings. From Reading with love. - Reading”

  • Eliana N. Martin 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Isha M. Patil 🇮🇳 · $5
  • Yonas Kebede Hagos 🇪🇹 · $20

    “From my family to yours. Small amount but sent with love. - Jimma”

  • Andrea R. Samuels 🇯🇲 · $100
  • Dorcas Adhiambo Macharia 🇺🇬 · $10
  • Nicolás Díaz 🇪🇸 · $10
  • Damilola Yewande Igwe 🇳🇬 · $5

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  • Rudi Ahmad Hutapea🇮🇩Verified donor
    Really cared about my situation

    This is the kind of person who restores your faith in humanity. They didn't just offer help; they genuinely cared about my wellbeing and followed through on every commitment.

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  • keep going, Alexa. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Love from Ann Arbor

    • So sorry you're going through this, Alexa. Shared this with my family. Blessings.

      • Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I hope November is when things finally get easier. God bless.

        • Sending good thoughts, Alexa. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Surabaya.

          • Hope things get better soon, Alexa. Your post was clear and honest. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Thinking of Southampton

            • shared this with my family. Greetings from Mandurah.

              • Hang in there, Alexa. Hope you get there. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

                • Shared this with my family. I'm in retail myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings

                  • Keep going. I hope things turn around soon. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. God bless.

                    • Wishing you peace. Shared this with my family. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Jessore.

                      • Wishing you the best. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings

                        • Junaid Zeeshan HashmiPhoto verified

                          Hang in there. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. My neighbor in Pittsburgh donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Southampton

                          • Looking forward to the next update. We're a small family in Fresno but we're thinking of you

                            • Hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Dayton.

                              • Wishing you the best, Alexa. Looking forward to the next update. God bless.

                                • take care, Alexa. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless!

                                  • Good luck, Alexa. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it.

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