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Help Shun keep the Neighbors' Pantry pantry stocked

Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Sakai.

🇯🇵 Sakai, Osaka, Japan4,260 views
Shun Tanaka
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Sakai
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Saturday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 173 each week. Donations have dropped by about 41% this winter, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 6 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Sakai 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 $2,200 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,050 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $480 • Baby formula and diapers: $380 • Refrigeration and electricity: $290 I hope life is good to you.

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  • Wishing you peace, Shun. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from San Jose!

    • any update on how things are going in Sakai?

      • You're not alone, Shun. I hope things turn around soon. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. God bless.

        • Sending love. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Sacramento.

          • Rooting for you, Shun. Hope you get there.

            • Hope it all works out, Shun. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Sakai.

              • hope it all works out, Shun. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My neighbor in Bogotá donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Sakai.

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