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Help Carol keep the the Sunday Shelf pantry stocked
Carol runs a volunteer pantry feeding 390 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Wednesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 390 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 35% this school holidays, 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 Austin market and keep every receipt.
Each $50 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $1,850 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $150
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,450
• Baby formula and diapers: $250
I hope life is good to you.
- Carol
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- Yiannis Nikolaos Kyriakou 🇬🇷 · $25
- Adewale Daniel Eze 🇳🇬 · $20
“Hope things get better. Please keep us posted. - Bonny”
- Joaquim Heitor Batista 🇧🇷 · $20
- Apio Nafula Tembo 🇰🇪 · $10
- Anyango Florence Kyagulanyi 🇺🇬 · $26
- Autumn W. Quarles 🇺🇸 · $25
- Óscar K. Acosta 🇺🇸 · $50
“Get well soon. I'm in Pittsburgh, thinking of you. - Pittsburgh”
- Liliana B. Silva 🇺🇸 · $25
- Kavita R. Dhawan 🇮🇳 · $100
“Take care of yourselves. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Hubballi”
- Kamal Tariq Metwally 🇸🇦 · $5
- Anonymous 🇫🇷 · $50
- Justine Lefebvre 🇫🇷 · $50
“Praying for you. Saw your post and had to give. - Reims”
- Manoj N. Goyal 🇮🇳 · $15
- Robert N. Randolph 🇺🇸 · $50
- Noreen Aleena Naqvi 🇵🇰 · $50
“Blessings. Thought of Carol all day after reading this. - Faisalabad”
- Eva S. Stanley 🇺🇸 · $25
- Bryan H. Velasco 🇵🇭 · $10
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Wishing you the best. Shared this with my family. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Take care.
sending good thoughts, Carol. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Blessings.