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Help Lei keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked

The Community Pantry pantry in Ottawa is running low just as demand rises; $3,050 will stock it for 6 weeks.

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Lei Xiu Wu
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Ottawa
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 26 families, and now we feed 373 each week. Donations have dropped by about 38% this summer, 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 Ottawa 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 $3,050 goes: • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,000 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,750 • Refrigeration and electricity: $300 Thank you so much.
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Updates from Lei

  1. Small update. $436 so far, I made the first payment toward fresh vegetables and fruit.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 6% funded and I made the first payment toward rice, beans, flour and oil.

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    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Lei all day after reading this.”

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    “Thinking of you. Been where you're, it gets better. - San Nicolás de los Garza”

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    “Happy to help. I'm in Beersheba, thinking of you. - Beersheba”

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    “Praying for you. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Glasgow”

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    “From my family to yours. From Bonny with love.”

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    “Thought of Lei all day after reading this. - Paris”

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  • Gabriel E. Romero

    Hang in there, Lei. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Ottawa

    • Sandesh M. Jain

      great idea, hope you get there. My neighbor in Tel Aviv donated after I showed her your page.

      • Vihaan D. Randhawa

        Thanks for sharing this, Lei. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier

        • Valentina Gilbert

          Thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Thinking of Ottawa.

          • Leila Dalia Osman

            Praying for you, Lei. Shared it with a few friends. It's not much but it's yours

            • Lungile M. Mahlangu

              it takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Ottawa.

              $1,434 raised of $3,050

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