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Help Everett keep the the Sunday Shelf pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Springfield.

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Everett Hall
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Springfield
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 12 families, and now we feed 385 each week. Donations have dropped by about 31% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Springfield market and keep every receipt. Each $60 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 $3,450 goes: โ€ข Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,550 โ€ข Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,350 โ€ข Baby formula and diapers: $240 โ€ข Refrigeration and electricity: $310 Thanks for being kind about this.

Updates from Everett

  1. Update from Springfield: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 75% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,246 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Small update. $433 so far, I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers.

  • Anonymous ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $72
  • Nkechi Kemi Zakari ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $100

    โ€œFrom Onitsha with love.โ€

  • Clara D. Campbell ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $50

    โ€œGood luck. Thought of Everett all day after reading this.โ€

  • Kato Simiyu Mugisha ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $25
  • Yasmin Reem Tannous ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $25
  • Senthil C. Kurup ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $5

    โ€œHope this helps. I'm in Mumbai, thinking of you.โ€

  • Ingrid Anna Scholz ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ยท $10
  • Anonymous ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $25
  • Chidinma Modupe Ibrahim ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ยท $10

    โ€œPraying for you. - Warriโ€

  • Tarun Gill ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $100
  • Nabil Salim Ibrahim ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ยท $25
  • Anonymous ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ ยท $20
  • Sathi Mim Howlader ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $30

    โ€œHope this covers a bit of it. - Puneโ€

  • Rubina Rina Dutta ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $75
  • Shawn Gonzales ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $52

    โ€œBlessings - San Joseโ€

  • Andrei Razvan Popescu ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด ยท $50
  • Kevin Carrillo ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $71
  • Vignesh Kamath ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ ยท $10
  • Julian G. Day ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ยท $50

    โ€œMy sister told me about this one. - Rockfordโ€

  • Hazel P. Zamora ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ ยท $30

    โ€œThinking of you. Only $30 but hope it helps.โ€

Reviews

3.3(22 reviews)

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  • Aylin Gรผl TรผrkAddress verified

    Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Blessings.

    • So sorry you're going through this, Everett. Shared it with a few friends. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like

      • Hang in there. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. God bless

        • Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.

          • Hope this works out for you. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.

            $3,705.50 raised of $3,450

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