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Help Josiah keep the Neighbors' Pantry pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Montgomery.

🇺🇸 Montgomery, Alabama, United States1,274 views
Josiah K. Avila
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Montgomery
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Sunday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 26 families, and now we feed 118 each week. Donations have dropped by about 50% this summer, 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 Montgomery market and keep every receipt. Each $30 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $3,950 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,750 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,500 • Baby formula and diapers: $370 • Refrigeration and electricity: $330 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.

Updates from Josiah

  1. We're at 20% thanks to 22 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  • Valentina E. Watson 🇨🇦 · $100
  • Isla D. Meyer 🇺🇸 · $100
  • Theodore Mendez 🇬🇧 · $100
  • Avery E. Banks 🇬🇧 · $75
  • Rajiv G. Solanki 🇮🇳 · $72

    “Hope this helps. My neighbor told me about this one. - Muzaffarpur”

  • Quinn H. Stewart 🇺🇸 · $69
  • Zhi Hui Wu 🇨🇦 · $50
  • Rafaela Eliane Gomes 🇧🇷 · $50

    “Happy to help. Thought of Josiah all day after reading this. - Guarulhos”

  • Mónica Ximena González 🇨🇴 · $50
  • Márcio Luís Souza 🇧🇷 · $50

    “Be well. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Feira de Santana”

  • Julia Campos 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Janet L. Davis 🇬🇧 · $50
  • Vijay C. Chauhan 🇦🇺 · $48

    “Hope it all works out. My father told me about this one. - Wollongong”

  • Camila G. Fuentes 🇪🇸 · $33
  • Nolan G. Stone 🇬🇧 · $32

    “Keep your head up. Only $32 but hope it helps.”

  • Marco De Angelis 🇮🇹 · $31
  • Anonymous 🇳🇬 · $30
  • Revathi J. Das 🇮🇳 · $30
  • Juan K. Marquez 🇵🇭 · $30

    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Josiah all day after reading this. - Quezon City”

  • Vandana K. Mittal 🇺🇸 · $25

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  • Good luck, Josiah. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in

    • Sending good thoughts, Josiah. Great idea, hope you get there. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Montgomery.

      • best of luck. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Montgomery.

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