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Help Ian keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Sydney.
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia1,649 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 20 families, and now we feed 88 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 32% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 19 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Sydney market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $3,450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,700
• Baby formula and diapers: $630
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,120
I hope life is good to you.
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hope things get better soon. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't give up. Greetings from Warsaw
So sorry you're going through this. Shared this with my family. Wish I lived closer to Kathmandu so I could bring a meal. Love from Mombasa
Sending good thoughts, Ian. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from San Francisco.
Good luck, Ian. Your post was clear and honest. Please keep us posted. God bless.
So sorry you're going through this. Hope this works out for you. My neighbor in Karachi donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Karachi.
praying for you, Ian. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 35 people at work. God bless
Shared this with my family. After 12 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Thanks for sharing this, Ian. This could happen to any of us.
Wishing you the best, Ian. Hope this works out for you. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. All the best
So sorry you're going through this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless
projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Sydney.
Sending good thoughts, Ian. Looking forward to the next update.
Sending love. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.