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Weekly meals for elderly neighbors in Fresno
Beatriz runs a volunteer pantry feeding 177 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇺🇸 Fresno, California, United States2,409 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Tuesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 177 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 59% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 9 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Fresno market and keep every receipt.
Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $3,000 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,700
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $470
• Baby formula and diapers: $440
• Refrigeration and electricity: $390
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
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- Regina Kelly Freitas 🇧🇷 · $1,000
“Hope this helps. Small amount but sent with love. - Campinas”
- Saif Tuhin Pramanik 🇧🇩 · $200
“Thinking of you. Only $200 but hope it helps. - Chattogram”
- Sagar Manoj Maharjan 🇳🇵 · $200
- Mónica C. Rangel 🇺🇸 · $200
- Amani Dorcas Mushi 🇰🇪 · $100
- Juliana Farias 🇧🇷 · $100
“God bless. I'm in Feira de Santana, thinking of you. - Feira de Santana”
- Anonymous 🇬🇷 · $100
- Esteban R. Fuentes 🇲🇽 · $100
“Hope things get better. From Tehuacán with love. - Tehuacán”
- Luis Mora 🇲🇽 · $100
- Bisma Maryam Hashmi 🇵🇰 · $75
- Naveed Saad Hashmi 🇵🇰 · $75
- Maverick E. Nichols 🇬🇧 · $73
- Ananya S. Dwivedi 🇨🇦 · $50
- Weerasak Thanawat Phetcharat 🇹🇭 · $50
- Mega Lestari Hidayat 🇮🇩 · $50
- Heinz Frank Krämer 🇩🇪 · $50
“Hope it all works out. From Nuremberg with love. - Nuremberg”
- Talha Lashari 🇵🇰 · $50
- Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $50
- Mavis Felicia Nti 🇬🇭 · $50
“Praying for you. Small amount but sent with love. - Takoradi”
- Benjamin Kwadwo Mahama 🇬🇭 · $50
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Sending good thoughts. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. After 8 years in farming I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
You're not alone. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. God bless.
Wishing you the best, Beatriz. Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Jakarta Selatan but we're thinking of you
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Love from Ciudad de México.