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Help Samira keep the Open Hands Pantry pantry stocked

Samira runs a volunteer pantry feeding 77 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.

🇺🇸 Fort Worth, Texas, United States3,128 views
Samira Lubna Abbas
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Fort Worth
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Monday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 20 families, and now we feed 77 each week. Donations have dropped by about 56% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Fort Worth market and keep every receipt. Each $50 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $2,650 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,150 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $610 • Baby formula and diapers: $610 • Refrigeration and electricity: $280 Thanks for being kind about this.
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Updates from Samira

  1. Update from Fort Worth: I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. We're at 60% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Wish I could do more. Thought of Samira all day after reading this. - Berlin”

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  • Valentina W. Lamb

    Shared it with a few friends. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Fort Worth

    • Daria Yana Belov

      hope you get there. I went through something like this 8 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.

      • Amit W. SachdevaID verified

        Keep going, Samira. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.

        • Wangari Halima Nakamya

          praying for you, Samira. Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Nashik

          • Pierre MeunierPhoto verified

            Hang in there. This could happen to any of us. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings

            • Ghassan Abdullah MetwallyPhoto verified

              Sending love, Samira. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Toronto.

              • Tao Peng Xiong

                Thanks for sharing this, Samira. Great idea, hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Blessings.

                • Corinne Solène MartyID verified

                  stay strong, Samira. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too.

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