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Help Madeline keep the Neighbors' Pantry pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Rochester.
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Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 29 families, and now we feed 135 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 44% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 11 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Rochester market and keep every receipt.
Each $55 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $1,400 goes:
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $770
• Refrigeration and electricity: $260
• Baby formula and diapers: $370
Thanks for being kind about this.
- Madeline
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“Get well soon. Hope the December deadline works out. - Tema”
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“Best of luck. Thought of Madeline all day after reading this. - Sylhet”
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“Thought of Madeline all day after reading this. - Rawalpindi”
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Stay strong, Madeline. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Sent it to 5 people at work. Blessings.
You're not alone, Madeline. Hope you get there. I went through something like this 7 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Rochester.
Sending love, Madeline. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Take care.
more neighborhoods should do this. Love from Zaporizhzhia.
Keep going, Madeline. Great idea, hope you get there. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Fez
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. After 14 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings!
more neighborhoods should do this. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Kelowna
hope you get there. Love from Bergamo.
You're not alone. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Please keep us posted. Blessings.
thanks for sharing this, Madeline. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings
Thanks for sharing this, Madeline. Hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.
Hope things get better soon, Madeline. Looking forward to the next update
rooting for you, Madeline. Looking forward to the next update. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings
Hope you get there. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Cartagena.
Keep going. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Sent it to 7 people at work. Love from Bakersfield.