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Help Dominique keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Paris.
🇫🇷 Paris, Île-de-France, France4,036 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Friday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 27 families, and now we feed 166 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 59% this harvest gap, 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 Paris market and keep every receipt.
Each $35 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 $3,050 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,550
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $820
• Baby formula and diapers: $340
• Refrigeration and electricity: $340
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Dominique
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Hang in there, Dominique. Shared it with a few friends. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Good luck. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Paris
I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Toledo donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Paris
Hang in there. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Paris.
Take care, Dominique. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together. Blessings
Rooting for you, Dominique. Great idea, hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Quezon City