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Help Mateo keep the the Second Helping pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Alcalá de Henares.

🇪🇸 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain2,127 views
Mateo S. Quintero
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Alcalá de Henares
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Tuesday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 28 families, and now we feed 187 each week. Donations have dropped by about 60% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 20 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 $35 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 $1,750 goes: • Baby formula and diapers: $430 • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $780 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $540 Thank you for reading my story. - Mateo
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Updates from Mateo

  1. We're at 35% thanks to 15 of you. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. More news soon.

  2. We're at 18% thanks to 7 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.

Donations

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  • Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Best of luck. Shared with friends too. - Joliet”

  • Neema Nancy Ngowi 🇰🇪 · $25
  • Lily W. Chavez 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Souad Samira Rashid 🇸🇦 · $30
  • Robert Ryszard Pietrzak 🇵🇱 · $30
  • Inna Nina Zhukov 🇺🇦 · $50

    “Keep your head up. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this.”

  • Ziad Imad Hussein 🇪🇬 · $30
  • Sneha P. Natarajan 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $30

    “Every little bit. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Jodhpur”

  • Gabriela Manuela Gomes 🇧🇷 · $30
  • Anonymous 🇰🇪 · $20
  • Daniel Guilherme Alves 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Shima Bithi Uddin 🇧🇩 · $25
  • Dayo Sani Anyanwu 🇳🇬 · $10
  • Njeri Mutebi 🇰🇪 · $5

    “Thinking of you. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Kakamega”

  • Theo Fuchs 🇩🇪 · $50
  • Imran Imran Lashari 🇵🇰 · $20
  • Ruby S. Vargas 🇬🇧 · $100

    “Be well. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Nottingham”

  • Hiền Trinh Huynh 🇻🇳 · $55.50
  • Nhân Lâm Ly 🇻🇳 · $32.50

    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Hải Phòng”

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  • Natalia F. Macías

    Good luck, Mateo. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Blessings.

    • Josiane Vanessa CostaPhoto verified

      keep going, Mateo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. All the best.

      • Girish D. Joshi

        Thinking of you and your family. Shared it with a few friends. Greetings from Boulogne-Billancourt.

        • Josiah C. Kirby

          I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I hope February is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Alcalá de Henares

          • Aarón W. Lozano

            You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected

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