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Help Michael keep the Bread & Beans Kitchen pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Parramatta.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Monday from the back of a community center. We started with 26 families, and now we feed 262 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 52% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Parramatta market and keep every receipt.
Each $25 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 $3,250 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,400
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,200
• Baby formula and diapers: $330
• Refrigeration and electricity: $320
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Michael
Thank you all. We're at 24% now ($786). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Shirley W. Diaz 🇺🇸 · $100
“Hope this helps. Been where you're, it gets better. - New York”
- Howard B. Brown 🇺🇸 · $100
- Khalid Ziad Ibrahim 🇪🇬 · $100
“Hope things get better. Shared with friends too. - Alexandria”
- Andriy Yaroslav Polyakov 🇷🇺 · $100
- Ahmet Ali Kara 🇹🇷 · $75
“Praying for you. - Çankaya”
- Swapna P. Bhavsar 🇮🇳 · $75
- Shawn F. Jackson 🇺🇸 · $72
- Fen Yan Peng 🇺🇸 · $64
- Amanda Sônia Albuquerque 🇧🇷 · $56.50
- Javier D. Álvarez 🇲🇽 · $54
- Peter Kimani Opio 🇰🇪 · $50
- Giuseppe Franco De Angelis 🇮🇹 · $50
- Adrián F. Gutiérrez 🇺🇸 · $50
- Caroline Andrews 🇺🇸 · $50
“Blessings. My brother told me about this one. - Fresno”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $35.50
- Usha B. Dubey 🇮🇳 · $30
“Hope this helps. Small amount but sent with love. - Jodhpur”
- Garima B. Sandhu 🇮🇳 · $25
- Dario Francesco Santoro 🇮🇹 · $25
- Anonymous 🇹🇿 · $25
- Orlando P. Villanueva 🇵🇭 · $25
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Good luck. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best.
Thinking of you, Michael. I hope things turn around soon. Take care.
Keep going, Michael. Gave what I could, wish it was more.