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Help Eva keep the Neighbors' Pantry pantry stocked
Eva runs a volunteer pantry feeding 292 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
🇺🇸 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States2,005 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Monday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 15 families, and now we feed 292 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 58% this summer, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Worcester 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): $1,700
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $840
Every share and every dollar helps.
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- Ayşe Elif Öztürk 🇹🇷 · $500
“Only $500 but hope it helps. - Çankaya”
- Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $100
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $100
“Thinking of you. Thought of Eva all day after reading this. - Ikeja”
- Leon Leon Schmitt 🇩🇪 · $75
- My Tieu 🇺🇸 · $75
- Pradeep N. Jat 🇮🇳 · $68
- Ife Lola Obi 🇳🇬 · $56
- Anonymous 🇻🇳 · $55
- Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $50
- Rocío P. Lara 🇪🇸 · $50
- Snehal J. Pandya 🇮🇳 · $50
“Stay strong. From Varanasi with love. - Varanasi”
- Nur Citra Sitompul 🇮🇩 · $50
“Hang in there. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Jakarta”
- Mousumi Sharmila Miah 🇧🇩 · $50
- Jerome A. Navarro 🇵🇭 · $38
- Carol Gray 🇬🇧 · $30
- Chang-min Ki-tae Yoo 🇺🇸 · $30
- Klaus Heinz Krause 🇩🇪 · $30
“Good luck. Hope the July deadline works out. - Nuremberg”
- Lei Na Ding 🇺🇸 · $28.50
- Jakob Jan Graf 🇩🇪 · $25
“Stay strong. Thought of Eva all day after reading this. - Cologne”
- Ecrin Zeynep Kılıç 🇹🇷 · $25
“Every little bit. Thought of Eva all day after reading this. - Üsküdar”
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Hope things get better soon, Eva. Shared it with a few friends
Praying for you, Eva. I hope things turn around soon
a colleague of mine might know someone for this in Massachusetts. I'll ask around and let you know.
Sending good thoughts. More neighborhoods should do this. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. All the best.
Wishing you the best, Eva. Your post was clear and honest.