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Help Roberto keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked
Roberto runs a volunteer pantry feeding 66 families; this fund restocks shelves for the summer.
🇦🇷 San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina590 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Wednesday from the back of a community center. We started with 23 families, and now we feed 66 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 33% this summer, 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 San Miguel de Tucumán market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 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 $700 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $160
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $280
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $260
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
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- Javier H. Contreras 🇨🇴 · $73.50
- Liliana P. Orozco 🇨🇴 · $3
“Hope things get better. Hope the June deadline works out. - Envigado”
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Thinking of you and your family, Roberto. Shared it with a few friends. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out.
praying for you. Shared this with my family. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of San Miguel de Tucumán.
Sending good thoughts, Roberto. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Orlando.