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Help Colton keep the the Second Helping pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Los Angeles.

🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States2,133 views
Colton S. Salazar
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Los Angeles
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Tuesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 273 each week. Donations have dropped by about 49% this summer, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 15 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Los Angeles market and keep every receipt. Each $40 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 $3,900 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,600 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,500 • Baby formula and diapers: $420 • Refrigeration and electricity: $380 If you can't give, please share this page. It does reach people.
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Updates from Colton

  1. Thank you all. We're at 12% now ($481). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Update from Los Angeles: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 4% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Anonymous 🇩🇪 · $250

    “You got this. My father told me about this one. - Regensburg”

  • Arslan Hussain Jatoi 🇵🇰 · $200
  • Joya Maliha Begum 🇧🇩 · $100
  • Busaba Malee Prasertsak 🇹🇭 · $80.50
  • Trupti Naik 🇮🇳 · $75

    “Hope it all works out. From Rajkot with love. - Rajkot”

  • Layla Maryam Abdallah 🇪🇬 · $50
  • Venkat G. Prabhu 🇮🇳 · $47
  • Sakura Sakura Ishii 🇯🇵 · $35
  • Meseret Wegayehu Ayele 🇪🇹 · $30

    “Good luck. Saw your post and had to give. - Adama”

  • Alamin Noman Mahmud 🇧🇩 · $30

    “Sending love. Hope the February deadline works out. - Dhaka”

  • Natalia Nina Vinogradov 🇷🇺 · $30

    “Hope this helps. Thought of Colton all day after reading this. - Yekaterinburg”

  • Abigail L. Hopkins 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Ellie R. Patterson 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Charlotte Watson 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Gayan Karunaratne 🇱🇰 · $20

    “Hang in there. I'm in Colombo, thinking of you. - Colombo”

  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $18.50
  • Serena Piras 🇮🇹 · $10
  • Vadym Stepan Alexandrov 🇷🇺 · $10

    “Rooting for you. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Novosibirsk”

  • Charmaine H. Zamora 🇵🇭 · $10

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  • Hüseyin Erdem Bayram

    wishing you peace, Colton. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. All the best

    • Andrei Ștefan Popescu

      Sending love, Colton. Shared it with a few friends. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Hồ Chí Minh City.

      • Malathi E. Somayajula

        It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 25 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings.

        • Yuni Zahra Surya

          Rooting for you, Colton. Shared it with a few friends

          • Grace M. Gordon

            More neighborhoods should do this. I hope February is when things finally get easier.

            • Erica S. BautistaID verified

              praying for you. Hope this works out for you. I have a 11 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

              • Mathilda Müller

                Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.

                • Márcia Jéssica Borges

                  praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Sent it to 17 people at work. All the best

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