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Help Kristine keep the the Thursday Table pantry stocked
Kristine runs a volunteer pantry feeding 271 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
🇵🇭 Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines1,516 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Saturday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 9 families, and now we feed 271 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 48% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 15 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Santa Rosa market and keep every receipt.
Each $5 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 $450 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $240
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $80
• Baby formula and diapers: $75
• Refrigeration and electricity: $55
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Kristine
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- Alok T. Shukla 🇮🇳 · $20
- Mehmet Cem Yılmaz 🇹🇷 · $15
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Perfect example of someone making a real difference. They took time out of their busy schedule to help me and never made me feel like a burden.
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Rooting for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My husband and I read this together. Blessings.
Hope it all works out, Kristine. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Kasarani.