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Help Shirley keep the the Sunday Shelf pantry stocked
Shirley runs a volunteer pantry feeding 99 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
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Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Monday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 99 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 58% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Sherbrooke 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 $1,700 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $370
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $930
• Refrigeration and electricity: $400
Thanks for reading all this.
- Shirley
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- Anonymous 🇲🇽 · $100
- Adalynn F. Whitmore 🇺🇸 · $100
- Deborah N. Austin 🇬🇧 · $10
“Good luck. Gave what I could this week. - Sheffield”
- Chebet Mary Barasa 🇰🇪 · $5
“Praying for you. Thought of Shirley all day after reading this. - Kisumu”
- Fionnuala Stewart 🇮🇪 · $200
- Usha P. Singh 🇮🇳 · $15
“Get well soon. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Chennai”
- Colm Power 🇮🇪 · $10
- Rowan E. Torres 🇺🇸 · $15
“Best of luck - Rockford”
- Piper Ortega 🇬🇧 · $5
- Hatem Bilal Soliman 🇪🇬 · $25
- Papa Nti 🇬🇭 · $5
- Ifeanyi Gbenga Williams 🇳🇬 · $5
- Songül Hande Çiftçi 🇹🇷 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $5
“Thought of Shirley all day after reading this. - Pune”
- Tumusiime Kiprop Nabwire 🇹🇿 · $100
- Edgardo M. Manalo 🇵🇭 · $10
- Quang Toàn Cao 🇻🇳 · $10
- Herman P. Aquino 🇵🇭 · $25
“Hang in there - Dasmariñas”
- Sneha F. Dwivedi 🇮🇳 · $10
- Manasi R. Jadhav 🇮🇳 · $53
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Keep going, Shirley. Hope you get there. My neighbor in Hồ Chí Minh City donated after I showed her your page. Blessings.
Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Sherbrooke!
Thank you. If you're in Sherbrooke I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. Thanks for asking.
So sorry you're going through this, Shirley. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I hope November is when things finally get easier. Take care!
Best of luck, Shirley. I hope things turn around soon. God bless.
Thanks for sharing this. Great idea, hope you get there. Take care.
Take care, Shirley. More neighborhoods should do this. God bless.
Sending love. Hope you get there. Greetings from Onitsha.
Thinking of you, Shirley. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Please keep us posted. Take care.