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Help Declan keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked
The Community Pantry pantry in Albany is running low just as demand rises; $2,750 will stock it for 10 weeks.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Monday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 19 families, and now we feed 177 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 47% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Albany market and keep every receipt.
Each $30 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,750 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $940
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,150
• Baby formula and diapers: $360
• Refrigeration and electricity: $300
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Mason Jennings 🇬🇧 · $25
“Happy to help. Been where you are, it gets better. - Aberdeen”
- Julia G. Leonard 🇨🇦 · $25
- Stanislav Nikolai Kiselev 🇷🇺 · $5
- Tejas S. Bhosale 🇮🇳 · $3
- Joyce H. Brady 🇬🇧 · $5
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
- Indika Nimal Zoysa 🇱🇰 · $30
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Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Ikeja
So sorry you're going through this, Declan. Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Peshawar so I could bring a meal
sending good thoughts, Declan. Looking forward to the next update.
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I went through something like this 9 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Adama!
Best of luck. I hope things turn around soon. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Love from Alexandria
Keep going. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Please keep us posted. Love from Kisumu.
good luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My neighbor in Metz donated after I showed her your page.
Sending love, Declan. Shared it with a few friends. I'll check back for the next update.
Thinking of you, Declan. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. All the best.
hang in there, Declan. Hope you get there. After 8 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
You're not alone, Declan. Looking forward to the next update. After 22 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless.
rooting for you. Looking forward to the next update. After 18 years in social work I know how hard it is to ask for anything. Love from Siliguri.
sending love, Declan. It takes guts to ask. Well done.