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Help Mauricio keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked
Mauricio runs a volunteer pantry feeding 256 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇺🇸 Riverside, California, United States2,711 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Monday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 256 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 34% 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 Riverside market and keep every receipt.
Each $55 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 $2,950 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $310
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,350
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,290
Thank you so much.
- Mauricio
Updates from Mauricio
Thank you all. We're at 58% now ($1,705). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.
- Nadia Maryam Taha 🇪🇬 · $250
- Denise F. Andrews 🇬🇧 · $250
- Thierry Hugo Michel 🇫🇷 · $200
- Lukman Fajar Firmansyah 🇮🇩 · $200
- Funmilayo Yetunde Shittu 🇳🇬 · $200
- Leonardo J. Díaz 🇺🇸 · $100
- Huda Bouzid 🇸🇦 · $100
- Kai Carpenter 🇺🇸 · $100
- Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $100
- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $100
- Zawadi Janet Waweru 🇹🇿 · $100
- Zainab Laiba Farooqi 🇵🇰 · $100
- Adam Ryszard Jasiński 🇵🇱 · $79
“Every little bit. I'm in Łódź, thinking of you. - Łódź”
- Salma Sharmila Akter 🇧🇩 · $77
“Rooting for you. Only $77 but hope it helps. - Savar”
- Funmilayo Temitope Ajayi 🇳🇬 · $75.50
- Shantel J. Williams 🇯🇲 · $75
- Wilfredo Salazar 🇵🇭 · $66.50
- Kai Jian Xiong 🇺🇸 · $50
“Thought of Mauricio all day after reading this. - Detroit”
- Josephine S. Ware 🇺🇸 · $50
- Milan Milan Brouwer 🇳🇱 · $50
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Hope it all works out. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Sent it to 40 people at work. God bless.
Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out
Sending strength, Mauricio. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My neighbor in Rawalpindi donated after I showed her your page. All the best
Stay strong, Mauricio. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too
Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Arusha so I could bring a meal. Blessings.