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Help Marisol keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked

Marisol runs a volunteer pantry feeding 64 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.

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Marisol D. Zamora
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Alcalá de Henares
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Thursday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 22 families, and now we feed 64 each week. Donations have dropped by about 34% this summer, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 7 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Alcalá de Henares market and keep every receipt. Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $1,650 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $600 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $350 • Baby formula and diapers: $420 • Refrigeration and electricity: $280 Glad we found this place.
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  • Dimas Naufal Wijaya 🇮🇩 · $250

    “All the best. Only $250 but hope it helps. - Surakarta”

  • Rashid R. Mokoena 🇿🇦 · $200
  • Kenji Takeshi Sato 🇯🇵 · $100

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Marisol all day after reading this. - Setagaya”

  • Kai J. Hatfield 🇦🇺 · $100

    “Hang in there. Saw your post and had to give. - Cairns”

  • Mariana P. Duarte 🇲🇽 · $100
  • Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $75
  • Rafael M. Cabrera 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $50
  • Lea Klein 🇩🇪 · $47.50
  • Ksenia Pavlenko 🇷🇺 · $30
  • Rakesh H. Anand 🇺🇸 · $30

    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Marisol all day after reading this. - Glendale”

  • Jorge D. Galindo 🇨🇴 · $30

    “Thought of Marisol all day after reading this. - Bogotá”

  • Leo J. Jenkins 🇺🇸 · $30

    “Wish I could do more. I'm in Nashville, thinking of you. - Nashville”

  • Marisol D. Reyes 🇪🇸 · $25

    “God bless. Please keep us posted. - Granada”

  • Rodrigo T. Medina 🇲🇽 · $25
  • Natalia Yana Pavlenko 🇷🇺 · $25

    “Take care of yourselves. Hope the May deadline works out. - Saint Petersburg”

  • Samantha D. Dunn 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Nevaeh Holland 🇨🇦 · $25

    “Wish I could do more. Hope the May deadline works out. - Mississauga”

  • Leonardo D. Bradley 🇳🇿 · $25
  • Tika Dian Tan 🇮🇩 · $20

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  • Gilbert W. Tomas

    Keep going. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care.

    • Umesh F. Goyal

      keep going, Marisol. Great idea, hope you get there

      • Walter Marcel SchmittPhoto verified

        Wishing you the best. Hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care!

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