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Help Odette keep the the Sunday Shelf pantry stocked
Odette runs a volunteer pantry feeding 219 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France2,988 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Saturday from the back of a community center. We started with 24 families, and now we feed 219 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 35% this harvest gap, 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 Saint-Étienne market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,250 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $390
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $750
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,110
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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- Abdul Bappy Mukherjee 🇬🇧 · $25
- Erica W. Concepcion 🇵🇭 · $250
- Sajib Ratul Barua 🇮🇳 · $20
- Aurora Francesca Ferretti 🇮🇹 · $50
“Thought of Odette all day after reading this. - Bergamo”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
“Keep your head up. Thought of Odette all day after reading this. - San Jose”
- Dewi Hesti Lubis 🇮🇩 · $25
- Aria Ortiz 🇳🇿 · $20
“Keep your head up. Gave what I could this week. - Manukau”
- Paul Uchenna Bello 🇳🇬 · $5
“Wish I could do more. My colleague told me about this one. - Benin City”
- Elke Charlotte Richter 🇩🇪 · $20
- Reagan D. Black 🇺🇸 · $10
- Roman L. Wells 🇺🇸 · $50
- Bello Rotimi Okoro 🇳🇬 · $75
- Océane Charles 🇫🇷 · $15
- Krystyna Jadwiga Borkowski 🇵🇱 · $5
“All the best. I'm in Wrocław, thinking of you.”
- Skylar Bowers 🇬🇧 · $100
- Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $30
- Vivaan N. Kashyap 🇨🇦 · $61
- Deniz İbrahim Çelik 🇹🇷 · $20
- Raymond N. Acosta 🇦🇺 · $25
- David G. Ferguson 🇺🇸 · $100
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Take care, Odette. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor in Mwanza donated after I showed her your page. Take care.
Thanks for sharing this, Odette. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Saint-Étienne.
Best of luck, Odette. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Kampala.
Hang in there, Odette. More neighborhoods should do this.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Odette
Baby formula and diapers is $390 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Let me know if you want more detail.
Sending love, Odette. It takes guts to ask. Well done. After 27 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
sending good thoughts, Odette. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like
Good luck, Odette. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Take care.
Sending strength. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My neighbor in Yekaterinburg donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Yekaterinburg.
Best of luck, Odette. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Bogor.
shared it with a few friends. My neighbor in Gqeberha donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Gqeberha.
sending love, Odette. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
good luck, Odette. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Saint-Étienne