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Help Caleb keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked
The Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry in San Jose is running low just as demand rises; $2,900 will stock it for 6 weeks.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Wednesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 8 families, and now we feed 134 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 34% this rainy season, 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 San Jose market and keep every receipt.
Each $45 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 $2,900 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $230
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,050
• Baby formula and diapers: $620
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
- Caleb
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Praying for you. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of San Jose
can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near San Jose
wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of San Jose
best of luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.
Sending good thoughts, Caleb. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Blessings.
Stay strong. More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of San Jose.
Hope things get better soon, Caleb. Shared this with my family. Thinking of San Jose
Take care. More neighborhoods should do this. My brother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Greetings from Pattaya.
Rooting for you, Caleb. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer.