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Help Lin keep the the Thursday Table pantry stocked
Lin runs a volunteer pantry feeding 199 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Wednesday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 199 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 51% this harvest gap, 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 El Paso 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): $2,350
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,250
• Refrigeration and electricity: $350
Thank you for reading my story.
- Lin
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- Roshan Liyanage 🇱🇰 · $25
- Luke Alvarado 🇦🇺 · $10
“Thought of Lin all day after reading this. - Newcastle”
- Jade Elise Martinez 🇫🇷 · $33
“Wish I could do more. My colleague told me about this one. - Poitiers”
- Ethan F. Mack 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anna T. Tucker 🇬🇧 · $10
- Chalida Thanaporn Buranasiri 🇹🇭 · $50
“Sending love. Small amount but sent with love. - Phuket”
- David Daniel Tal 🇮🇱 · $50
- Rowan Morales 🇺🇸 · $50
- Thắng Hải Tieu 🇻🇳 · $32.50
- Michael Kingsley Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $40
“Be well. Thought of Lin all day after reading this.”
- Liliana Cortés 🇺🇸 · $75
- Chloe B. May 🇺🇸 · $50
- Oliver M. Warren 🇺🇸 · $10
“God bless. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Cincinnati”
- Yaowalak Ubol Tangsiri 🇹🇭 · $25
“Blessings. I'm in Nakhon Ratchasima, thinking of you.”
- Anonymous 🇲🇦 · $57
“Best of luck. Thought of Lin all day after reading this. - Mohammedia”
- Charikleia Panagiota Mavridis 🇬🇷 · $10
- Leonardo Bruno Ramos 🇧🇷 · $200
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Hope it all works out. Hope you get there. Greetings from Kathmandu
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Wish I lived closer to Vancouver so I could bring a meal. Love from Soweto
Sending love. I hope things turn around soon. Wish I lived closer to Mobile so I could bring a meal.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Lin.
It's all in the list in the story. rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is the big one at $2,350, I'll post a receipt when it's paid. It helps to be asked.
Wishing you the best, Lin. Your post was clear and honest. After 25 years in engineering I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Take care
more neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of El Paso
Thanks for sharing this, Lin. Shared this with my family. I'm in engineering myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of El Paso.
Stay strong. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Thinking of El Paso
So sorry you're going through this, Lin. This could happen to any of us. Sent it to 31 people at work. Blessings