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Help Eliana keep the the Second Helping pantry stocked

Eliana runs a volunteer pantry feeding 137 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.

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Eliana F. Curtis
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Chandler
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Wednesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 29 families, and now we feed 137 each week. Donations have dropped by about 55% this winter, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 6 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Chandler market and keep every receipt. Each $45 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 $2,850 goes: • Refrigeration and electricity: $310 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,250 • Baby formula and diapers: $290 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.

Updates from Eliana

  1. Update from Chandler: the plan for refrigeration and electricity is now scheduled. We're at 29% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($434 in total) the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  • Isla B. Haynes 🇺🇸 · $48
  • Evelyn W. Nguyen 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Tuyết Hà Phung 🇻🇳 · $5

    “Hope the November deadline works out. - Hải Phòng”

  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Keep your head up. I'm in Savannah, thinking of you.”

  • Pamela H. Duran 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Hope it all works out! - Albuquerque”

  • Rukhsar Hira Mirza 🇵🇰 · $100

    “Happy to help. Thought of Eliana all day after reading this.”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $25

    “Hope this helps. Hope this covers a bit of it. - São Paulo”

  • Laura G. Galindo 🇪🇸 · $69

    “Every little bit. From Bilbao with love.”

  • Peace Aisha Igwe 🇳🇬 · $30

    “Rooting for you. I'm in Lagos, thinking of you.”

  • Hassan Faisal Youssef 🇪🇬 · $41.50
  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Lucy Awino Otieno 🇹🇿 · $30
  • Fe F. Garcia 🇵🇭 · $10
  • Pranee Malee Laohakul 🇹🇭 · $15

    “God bless. Hope you get the rest soon. - Bangkok”

  • Georgina Jemima Badu 🇬🇭 · $100

    “From my family to yours. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Accra”

  • Cláudia Daniela Cavalcanti 🇧🇷 · $35.50
  • Bongani B. Maharaj 🇿🇦 · $41
  • Nevaeh J. Black 🇺🇸 · $5
  • Emeka Babatunde Danjuma 🇳🇬 · $25

    “Wish I could do more. Hope the November deadline works out. - Badagry”

  • Henry Gardner 🇺🇸 · $56

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  • Sending love. This could happen to any of us. My neighbor in Heraklion donated after I showed her your page.

    • what exactly is the $2,850 for?

      • Eliana F. CurtisOwnerAnswer

        Refrigeration and electricity is $310 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Thanks, that means a lot.

    • Stay strong, Eliana. Shared it with a few friends.

      • Hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Boulogne-Billancourt

        • Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Chandler

          • Hope this works out for you. My neighbor in Mandaue donated after I showed her your page. All the best.

            • Thinking of you, Eliana. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Dar es Salaam.

              • Wishing you the best. Your post was clear and honest. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Kumasi.

                • hang in there. Hope you get there. Blessings.

                  • You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Blessings.

                    • Hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Dasmariñas.

                      • Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Nice.

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