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Help Pavel keep the Community Pantry pantry stocked

The Community Pantry pantry in Yekaterinburg is running low just as demand rises; $1,250 will stock it for 9 weeks.

🇷🇺 Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia1,957 views
Pavel Vasyl Mikhailov
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Yekaterinburg
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 303 each week. Donations have dropped by about 33% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Yekaterinburg market and keep every receipt. Each $15 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 $1,250 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $640 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $310 • Baby formula and diapers: $170 • Refrigeration and electricity: $130 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to. - Pavel

Updates from Pavel

  1. Quick update: $434 raised so far (35%). the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. We're at 15% thanks to 7 of you. the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. More news soon.

  3. We're at 7% thanks to 5 of you. the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. More news soon.

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  • Katherine J. Moreno 🇨🇦 · $20
  • Davide Vincenzo Silvestri 🇮🇹 · $10
  • Bruno Filippo Martinelli 🇮🇹 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇵🇭 · $25
  • Satria Arief Pratama 🇮🇩 · $10
  • Satoshi Naoki Kimura 🇯🇵 · $75
  • Oisin N. Daly 🇮🇪 · $47
  • Teresa N. Muñoz 🇲🇽 · $69.50

    “Praying for you. Been where you're, it gets better. - Puebla”

  • Aiden F. Coleman 🇺🇸 · $25

    “Take care of yourselves. Thought of Pavel all day after reading this. - San Diego”

  • Annabelle D. Black 🇬🇧 · $5
  • Mutua Victor Mollel 🇺🇬 · $30
  • Vadym Petro Marchenko 🇺🇦 · $69.50
  • Rosa H. Hernández 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Dante J. Legaspi 🇵🇭 · $20
  • Henry A. Booker 🇬🇧 · $75

    “Good luck. Only $75 but hope it helps. - Leeds”

  • Hùng Kiên Tran 🇻🇳 · $10

    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Pavel all day after reading this. - Cầu Giấy”

  • Mario Sergio Pagano 🇮🇹 · $20
  • Manoel Leandro Silva 🇧🇷 · $10

    “Wishing you the best. From Feira de Santana with love. - Feira de Santana”

  • Mrunal B. Amin 🇮🇳 · $25

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    Amazing support system

    This is the kind of person who restores your faith in humanity. They didn't just offer help; they genuinely cared about my wellbeing and followed through on every commitment.

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  • Hope things get better soon, Pavel. Great idea, hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. God bless.

    • Praying for you. Hope you get there. Thinking of Yekaterinburg.

      • good luck. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Love from Mumbai.

        $642 raised of $1,250

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