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Help Lillian keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked
Lillian runs a volunteer pantry feeding 169 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇬🇧 G2 1AW, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom2,608 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Tuesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 9 families, and now we feed 169 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 38% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 17 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Glasgow market and keep every receipt.
Each $25 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 $2,100 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $195
• Refrigeration and electricity: $330
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,575
Thanks for being kind about this.
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- Magdalena Maja Pawlak 🇵🇱 · $250
“Wish I could do more. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Warsaw”
- José Moreira 🇧🇷 · $182
- Mercy Akinyi Kariuki 🇰🇪 · $100
- Juan P. González 🇲🇽 · $100
“God bless. My colleague told me about this one. - San Nicolás de los Garza”
- Sachiko Shibata 🇯🇵 · $100
- Leonardo José Santos 🇧🇷 · $100
“You got this. Thought of Lillian all day after reading this. - Santos”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $76
- Justyna Beata Zalewski 🇵🇱 · $64.50
- Micah W. Hawkins 🇺🇸 · $50.50
- Chukwuemeka Michael Popoola 🇳🇬 · $50
- Teresa D. Myers 🇺🇸 · $50
- Yuni Nur Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $50
“Thinking of you. Saw your post and had to give. - Magelang”
- Andre Rowe 🇯🇲 · $50
“Get well soon. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Kingston”
- Rafael Anderson Pacheco 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇹🇭 · $47
- Anonymous 🇪🇸 · $46
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $40.50
- Lilian Nabirye Kariuki 🇰🇪 · $38
“Blessings. Thought of Lillian all day after reading this. - Mombasa”
- Purvi D. Zaveri 🇮🇳 · $33
- Winda Ayu Tampubolon 🇮🇩 · $30
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Rooting for you. Hope this works out for you. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Makati.
Wishing you peace, Lillian. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I have a 5 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Kikuyu
More neighborhoods should do this. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.
Wishing you peace, Lillian. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of Glasgow