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Help Bảo keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked
Bảo runs a volunteer pantry feeding 155 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
🇻🇳 VietnamPosted Oct 1, 20261,261 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Tuesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 17 families, and now we feed 155 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 34% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Hồ Chí Minh City market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 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 $300 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $140
• Refrigeration and electricity: $55
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $105
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
Updates from Bảo
Wanted to say thank you properly. 63% funded and we've started the first stage.
- Bella P. Mendoza 🇺🇸 · $30 · 2h ago
“Blessings. Please keep us posted. - Aurora”
- Priya T. Luthra 🇮🇳 · $5 · 2h ago
- Rina Sathi Das 🇮🇳 · $5 · 2h ago
- Jennifer Whitaker 🇺🇸 · $50 · 2h ago
“Blessings. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Sacramento”
- Jitra Uthai Panyarachun 🇹🇭 · $25 · 2h ago
“Good luck. My neighbor told me about this one. - Chiang Mai”
- Benjamin K. Patterson 🇺🇸 · $75 · 2h ago
- Hauwa Vivian Mba 🇳🇬 · $15 · 2h ago
- Budi Gunawan Hartono 🇮🇩 · $50 · 2h ago
- Carlos Rodrigo Andrade 🇧🇷 · $25 · 2h ago
- Zainab Halima Odukoya 🇳🇬 · $10 · 2h ago
- Fatuma Akello Kiptoo 🇰🇪 · $25 · 2h ago
“Stay strong. Please keep us posted. - Mombasa”
- Waylon H. Vance 🇺🇸 · $30 · 2h ago
- Amit H. Anand 🇬🇧 · $12 · 2h ago
“Hang in there. My father told me about this one. - Manchester”
- Eka Indah Lestari 🇮🇩 · $7 · 2h ago
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Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Guadalupe.
thinking of you and your family. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Take care