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Help Diego keep the the Second Helping pantry stocked

Diego runs a volunteer pantry feeding 83 families; this fund restocks shelves for the rainy season.

🇪🇸 Girona, Catalonia, Spain793 views

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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Thursday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 83 each week. Donations have dropped by about 59% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 19 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Girona market and keep every receipt. Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $2,150 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $910 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $880 • Baby formula and diapers: $240 • Refrigeration and electricity: $120 I hope life is good to you.

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Updates from Diego

Good news. Because of your gifts ($159 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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Rajeshwari S. Naidu 🇮🇳 · $250
Nevaeh Duran 🇺🇸 · $20
Anonymous 🇳🇿 · $25
Kevin W. Khumalo 🇿🇦 · $20
“Thinking of you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Sandton”
Vihaan G. Rathore 🇮🇳 · $10
Emilio B. Martínez 🇲🇽 · $25
“You got this. Hope the March deadline works out. - Iztapalapa”
Guadalupe T. Contreras 🇺🇸 · $20
Théo Philippe Simon 🇫🇷 · $5
Byung-hun Min-ho Kwak 🇰🇷 · $25
“Sending love. Thought of Diego all day after reading this.”
Szymon Kazimierz Piotrowski 🇵🇱 · $20
Teodoro J. Garcia 🇵🇭 · $14
“Hope this helps. Only $14 but hope it helps. - Quezon City”
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Yogesh G. Namboothiri 🇮🇳 · $20
“Stay strong. I'm in Agra, thinking of you. - Agra”