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Help Clement keep the the Thursday Table pantry stocked
Clement runs a volunteer pantry feeding 349 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Monday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 349 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 33% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Takoradi market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 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 $550 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $210
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $180
• Baby formula and diapers: $100
• Refrigeration and electricity: $60
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Updates from Clement
Small update. $177 so far, I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.
Quick update: $511 raised so far (93%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Jonathan D. Li 🇬🇧 · $247.50
- Hatice Aydın 🇹🇷 · $72
- Hannah H. Parks 🇦🇺 · $50
- Camilla Bergström 🇸🇪 · $50
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $50
- Heru Reza Wibowo 🇮🇩 · $50
- Ran Doron Mizrahi 🇮🇱 · $26
- Diego C. Franco 🇪🇸 · $25
“Stay strong. Thought of Clement all day after reading this.”
- Kamrul Pavel Mondal 🇧🇩 · $20
- Oluwaseun Mercy Musa 🇳🇬 · $20
- Khalid Rami Sarkis 🇪🇬 · $10
- Chinedu Isaac Igwe 🇳🇬 · $10
- Ezra T. Thomas 🇨🇦 · $5
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Keep going, Clement. This could happen to any of us. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Thinking of you and your family. Hope you get there. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double
good luck. Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Istanbul.
best of luck. More neighborhoods should do this.
Hang in there, Clement. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Blessings.
Hope things get better soon, Clement. Gave what I could, wish it was more. All the best.
Thinking of you. I hope things turn around soon. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Chennai
Take care. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I went through something like this 3 years ago and strangers helped me out.
So sorry you're going through this, Clement. More neighborhoods should do this. My husband and I read this together. God bless.
Thinking of you, Clement. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Takoradi.
Thinking of you and your family. I hope things turn around soon. Love from Dhaka.
Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Nagpur