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Help Frank keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked
The Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry in Cardiff is running low just as demand rises; $3,250 will stock it for 10 weeks.
🇬🇧 Wales, United Kingdom4,234 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Friday from the back of a community center. We started with 12 families, and now we feed 98 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 55% this rainy season, 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 Cardiff market and keep every receipt.
Each $50 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $3,250 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,800
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $740
• Baby formula and diapers: $520
• Refrigeration and electricity: $190
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Frank
Updates from Frank
Small update. $1,245 so far, I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($1,630 in total) I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
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Hope you get there. Thinking of Cardiff.
Stay strong, Frank. Hope you get there. All the best
hope things get better soon, Frank. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.
you're not alone, Frank. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Take care.
Hang in there. Shared this with my family. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Thinking of Cardiff
So sorry you're going through this. This could happen to any of us. Put this on a community board in Ciudad de México this morning.
Take care, Frank. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Addis Ababa
Thinking of you, Frank. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Rawalpindi.
Good luck, Frank. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless.
Wishing you the best, Frank. Great idea, hope you get there. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.