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Weekly meals for elderly neighbors in Arlington
Ian runs a volunteer pantry feeding 226 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Thursday from the back of a community center. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 226 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 41% this school holidays, 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 Arlington 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 $2,750 goes:
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,050
• Refrigeration and electricity: $115
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,585
Thanks for being kind about this.
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Praying for you, Ian. Hope you get there. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Jimma.
Best of luck, Ian. Great idea, hope you get there.
Great idea, hope you get there. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Arlington
shared this with my family. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double!
thanks for sharing this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Haarlem.