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Help Mateo keep the the Sunday Shelf pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in Birmingham.

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Mateo E. Hart
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Birmingham
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Thursday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 29 families, and now we feed 394 each week. Donations have dropped by about 35% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 16 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Birmingham market and keep every receipt. Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $2,450 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,400 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $380 • Baby formula and diapers: $360 • Refrigeration and electricity: $310 Thanks for reading all this. - Mateo

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  • Joyce S. Hendricks 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Isabelle N. Boyd 🇬🇧 · $10
  • Faith Cohen 🇦🇺 · $25
  • Gabriel Leonardo Ramos 🇧🇷 · $10
  • Temitope Adaeze Jimoh 🇳🇬 · $30
  • Liliana L. Santos 🇪🇸 · $19
  • Jasper Gijs Peters 🇳🇱 · $12

    “Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - The Hague”

  • Eli Ariel Dayan 🇮🇱 · $25

    “Get well soon. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Tel Aviv”

  • Aaron A. Padilla 🇺🇸 · $75

    “Happy to help. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Columbus”

  • Patrícia Mariana Moreira 🇧🇷 · $25
  • Idowu Funmilayo Nwosu 🇳🇬 · $25
  • Letícia Camila Soares 🇧🇷 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Luciana Sandra Amaral 🇧🇷 · $37

    “Take care of yourselves. Small amount but sent with love. - Pelotas”

  • Jayson E. Legaspi 🇵🇭 · $75
  • Yulia Anna Filippov 🇺🇦 · $54

    “Hope this helps. Only $54 but hope it helps. - Kyiv”

  • Omar Arif Akter 🇧🇩 · $20
  • Bea D. Gonzales 🇵🇭 · $14

    “Best of luck. Thought of Mateo all day after reading this. - Caloocan”

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    Exactly what I needed

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  • Take care, Mateo. Hope you get there. I have a 7 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

    • Take care, Mateo. Shared this with my family. Take care.

      • Wishing you peace, Mateo. Hope this works out for you. Put this on a community board in Thessaloniki this morning.

        • Sending good thoughts. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Mombasa.

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