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Help Cooper keep the the Harvest Pantry pantry stocked
Cooper runs a volunteer pantry feeding 62 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇦🇺 Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia4,040 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Harvest Pantry every Monday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 62 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 55% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 13 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Mandurah market and keep every receipt.
Each $45 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $3,250 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,150
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $700
• Baby formula and diapers: $200
• Refrigeration and electricity: $200
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Cooper
Updates from Cooper
Update from Mandurah: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 37% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Lilian Amaka Eze 🇳🇬 · $200
- Dedi Yusuf Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $166
- Abigail H. Jordan 🇺🇸 · $100
- Kwame Frimpong 🇬🇭 · $100
“Praying for you. I'm in Accra, thinking of you.”
- Omar Rakib Chatterjee 🇮🇳 · $100
- Ganesh S. Kelkar 🇮🇳 · $100
“Hope things get better. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kozhikode”
- Satish B. Bhatia 🇮🇳 · $100
- Gianna K. Lewis 🇬🇧 · $100
- Esther Van Vliet 🇳🇱 · $100
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $80
- Mio Yuna Taniguchi 🇯🇵 · $75
- Emma L. Wang 🇨🇦 · $75
- Isaac G. James 🇺🇸 · $70
- Peyton Bell 🇨🇦 · $69
- Barry Power 🇮🇪 · $58
- Alexander W. Moran 🇳🇿 · $55.50
- Lipi Shima Chowdhury 🇧🇩 · $50
“Wishing you the best. Hope the August deadline works out. - Gazipur”
- Mai Ayaka Yamaguchi 🇯🇵 · $50
“Rooting for you. I'm in Nagoya, thinking of you.”
- Gabriel Henri Marty 🇫🇷 · $50
- Mugisha Evans Temba 🇰🇪 · $50
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Hang in there, Cooper. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Huntsville.
thanks for sharing this, Cooper. More neighborhoods should do this.
Hang in there. Looking forward to the next update. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Mandurah.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Cooper
It's all in the list in the story. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the big one at $2,150, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Ask me anything else.
a colleague of mine might know someone for this in Western Australia. I'll ask around and let you know.
hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Dublin
Thinking of you, Cooper. This could happen to any of us. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 23 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care.
Sending strength, Cooper. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Augsburg but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Augsburg.