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Help Owen keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked
Owen runs a volunteer pantry feeding 359 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States1,946 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Saturday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 359 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 41% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 17 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Los Angeles 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 $1,050 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $230
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $490
• Refrigeration and electricity: $330
With deep gratitude,
Owen
Updates from Owen
Thank you all. We're at 15% now ($153). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.
Good news. Because of your gifts ($100 in total) I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
- Oğuz Yiğit Çetin 🇩🇪 · $75
“Keep your head up. Thought of Owen all day after reading this. - Nuremberg”
- Monika Pietrzak 🇵🇱 · $46
“Be well. Hope you get the rest soon. - Poznań”
- Elias Åberg 🇸🇪 · $23
- Joyce Nafula Onyango 🇰🇪 · $10
- Federico Mattia Bellini 🇮🇹 · $20
- Lily D. Maldonado 🇺🇸 · $25
- Sarah F. Kennedy 🇺🇸 · $75
“Every little bit. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Fayetteville”
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sending love, Owen. Hope you get there. My mother had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in Mumbai but we're thinking of you. All the best.
Best of luck, Owen. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings
I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Nairobi
Best of luck, Owen. This could happen to any of us. It's not much but it's yours. God bless.