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Help Simona keep the Neighbors' Pantry pantry stocked
Help keep a free food pantry open for families facing hunger in Turin.
🇮🇹 Turin, Piedmont, Italy1,160 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Friday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 208 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 43% 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 Turin market and keep every receipt.
Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $1,900 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $270
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,100
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $530
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Simona
Quick update: $469 raised so far (25%). the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Kavitha W. Raju 🇮🇳 · $500
- Tyler M. Jenkins 🇬🇧 · $250
- Katerina Efthymia Tzortzis 🇬🇷 · $100
- Lukman Hendra Budiman 🇮🇩 · $100
“Thought of Simona all day after reading this. - Jakarta”
- Budi Firmansyah 🇮🇩 · $100
- Rodel C. Martinez 🇵🇭 · $75
- Hassan Osama Soliman 🇪🇬 · $67
“Only $67 but hope it helps. - Shubra”
- Edilene Valentina Martins 🇧🇷 · $50
- Runa Saha 🇮🇳 · $50
“Get well soon. Thought of Simona all day after reading this. - Nashik”
- Walter K. Barker 🇬🇧 · $50
- Genesis R. Hunter 🇺🇸 · $25
“Praying for you. Small amount but sent with love. - San Francisco”
- Daiki Taro Endo 🇯🇵 · $25
- Ximena N. Guzmán 🇺🇸 · $25
- Willow H. Watson 🇬🇧 · $25
“Happy to help. Hope the February deadline works out. - London”
- Tomás G. Flores 🇺🇸 · $25
- Theodore L. Newman 🇨🇦 · $20
- Arthur Gabriel Moura 🇧🇷 · $20
“Only $20 but hope it helps. - Petrópolis”
- Ganesh W. Chavan 🇮🇳 · $20
- Merve Pınar Altun 🇹🇷 · $15
- Jyoti M. Grewal 🇮🇳 · $13.50
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good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Take care.
rooting for you. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Epe.
Wishing you peace, Simona. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together
best of luck, Simona. I hope things turn around soon. Please keep us posted
sending love, Simona. Shared this with my family.