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Help Grace keep the Neighbors' Pantry pantry stocked
The Neighbors' Pantry pantry in Los Angeles is running low just as demand rises; $2,250 will stock it for 11 weeks.
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Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Sunday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 14 families, and now we feed 338 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 37% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Los Angeles market and keep every receipt.
Each $50 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 $2,250 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,500
• Refrigeration and electricity: $260
• Baby formula and diapers: $490
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Grace
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- Bharath R. Acharya 🇮🇳 · $50
- Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $10
- Emilio J. Espinoza 🇺🇸 · $50
- Selim İbrahim Çelik 🇹🇷 · $25
“Happy to help. My brother told me about this one. - Gaziantep”
- Aurora Avila 🇬🇧 · $25
“Hope this helps. My cousin told me about this one. - London”
- Mwangi Daniel Odhiambo 🇰🇪 · $10
“Best of luck. Thought of Grace all day after reading this.”
- Anh Hà Trinh 🇻🇳 · $5
- Kamrul Hasan Jahan 🇧🇩 · $100
- Vanessa P. Mabini 🇵🇭 · $25
- Vinícius Rodrigo Ramos 🇧🇷 · $26
“Praying for you. Only $26 but hope it helps. - São Paulo”
- Eva Kuiper 🇳🇱 · $57
“Only $57 but hope it helps.”
- Gustavo F. Aguilar 🇺🇸 · $27
- Caleb Barker 🇺🇸 · $50
- Danuta Bąk 🇵🇱 · $50
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Rooting for you. More neighborhoods should do this. Put this on a community board in Nashik this morning. God bless.
Thinking of you, Grace. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours. Thinking of Los Angeles.
So sorry you're going through this, Grace. Great idea, hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.
Keep going, Grace. Looking forward to the next update. After 9 years in engineering I know how hard it is to ask for anything.
Best of luck. Hope this works out for you. My neighbor in Chicago donated after I showed her your page. All the best
Thinking of you, Grace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Los Angeles.
What's already covered and what's the $2,250 for?
It's all in the list in the story. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the big one at $1,500, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. Good question.
Best of luck, Grace. Shared it with a few friends. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.
Sending love, Grace. Hope this works out for you. My husband and I read this together. Blessings
Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
Wishing you peace, Grace. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
hope it all works out, Grace. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless.
Wishing you peace, Grace. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. After 7 years in construction I know how hard it's to ask for anything.