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Help Mihaela keep the Neighbors' Pantry pantry stocked

Mihaela runs a volunteer pantry feeding 146 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.

🇷🇴 București, București, Romania1,337 views
Mihaela Mocanu
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București
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Friday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 146 each week. Donations have dropped by about 38% this summer, 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 București market and keep every receipt. Each $20 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $1,100 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $620 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $330 • Refrigeration and electricity: $150 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.

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  • Davide Filippo Rizzi 🇮🇹 · $20
  • Imani Margaret Wekesa 🇺🇬 · $20
  • Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $5

    “Be well! - San Nicolás de los Garza”

  • Vy Đào Ly 🇻🇳 · $5
  • Princess S. Salvador 🇵🇭 · $25
  • Taylor Vargas 🇬🇧 · $59

    “Thought of Mihaela all day after reading this.”

  • Ali Ahmed Jaber 🇺🇸 · $15
  • Festus Isaac Quadri 🇳🇬 · $39.50

    “Keep your head up! - Wudil”

  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Wyatt W. Callahan 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Hope you get the rest soon. - Syracuse”

  • Mónica C. Ávila 🇪🇸 · $20

    “Get well soon. Thought of Mihaela all day after reading this.”

  • Lilian Jimoh 🇳🇬 · $5

    “Hope this covers a bit of it. - Badagry”

  • Anonymous 🇬🇧 · $100
  • Gregory D. Duran 🇺🇸 · $25

    “God bless. I'm in Bakersfield, thinking of you.”

  • Elena Milena Semenov 🇷🇺 · $20
  • Samira Ghada Tawfik 🇪🇬 · $15

    “Best of luck. - Cairo”

  • Adriana K. Treviño 🇨🇴 · $15
  • Anonymous 🇮🇹 · $250

    “Hope this covers a bit of it. - Milan”

  • Wulan Ani Budiman 🇮🇩 · $20

    “Gave what I could this week. - Bandung”

  • Anonymous 🇱🇰 · $20

    “Hope it all works out! - Kandy”

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  • You're not alone, Mihaela. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Greetings from Aswan.

    • Any update on how things are going in București?

      • Hope it all works out. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Greetings from Jacksonville.

        • Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Chattogram.

          • is there anything that isn't money that would help Mihaela?

            • Mihaela MocanuOwnerAnswer

              Thank you. If you're in București I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Ask me anything else.

          • wishing you peace, Mihaela. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Tampa!

            • Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Nha Trang

              • Hope things get better soon. Great idea, hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless

                • good luck, Mihaela. Your post was clear and honest. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.

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