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Weekly meals for elderly neighbors in La Plata
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in La Plata.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Monday from the back of a community center. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 365 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 33% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 15 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the La Plata market and keep every receipt.
Each $10 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $700 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $380
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $155
• Baby formula and diapers: $100
• Refrigeration and electricity: $65
Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly.
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- Refilwe F. Jones 🇿🇦 · $23
- Sarah Hernandez 🇺🇸 · $5
- Takeshi Masaru Takahashi 🇯🇵 · $25
“Thinking of you. Hope the February deadline works out. - Nagoya”
- Shawn M. Patterson 🇺🇸 · $5
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $50
- Anonymous 🇪🇬 · $50
- Beatrix Lombard 🇿🇦 · $3
- Elena A. Bowers 🇬🇧 · $50
- Mercedes L. Montes 🇦🇷 · $10
“Hope the February deadline works out. - San Miguel de Tucumán”
- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $50
- Abril R. Tapia 🇨🇴 · $50
“Get well soon. Hope the February deadline works out. - Bogotá”
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Rooting for you, Cristina. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.
Your post was clear and honest. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Gulu.
So sorry you're going through this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Greetings from Huntsville
hang in there, Cristina. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. After 21 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything.
Thinking of you and your family. Great idea, hope you get there. We're a small family in Manchester but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Manchester
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Manchester.
you're not alone. Hope you get there. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. God bless.
Hope things get better soon, Cristina. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Duisburg.
keep going, Cristina. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Don't give up.
Good luck, Cristina. Shared this with my family.