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Weekly meals for elderly neighbors in Oakland
Help keep a free food pantry open for elderly neighbors in Oakland.
🇺🇸 California, United States1,006 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Wednesday from the back of the mosque courtyard. We started with 12 families, and now we feed 249 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 50% this rainy season, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 8 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Oakland market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
I'll post the weekly shopping receipts and a photo of the shelves each Sunday.
Where the $3,650 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,900
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,150
• Baby formula and diapers: $410
• Refrigeration and electricity: $190
Thank you so much.
- Sergio
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- Christian Pellegrini 🇮🇹 · $43
“Wishing you the best. Gave what I could this week. - Parma”
- Karanja Karanja Lyimo 🇰🇪 · $50
“Happy to help. From Kasarani with love.”
- Annabelle Marquez 🇺🇸 · $25
- Natalia R. Medina 🇬🇧 · $5
“Hope it all works out. Thought of Sergio all day after reading this. - Belfast”
- Brooks B. Weber 🇬🇧 · $100
- Josiane Vanessa Fonseca 🇧🇷 · $100
“Take care of yourselves! - Campinas”
- Mia Ellis 🇦🇺 · $25
- Kevin McDaniel 🇺🇸 · $30
“All the best - Miami”
- Regina Sandra Ramos 🇧🇷 · $200
“You got this. Thought of Sergio all day after reading this. - Porto Alegre”
- Lucia Bianchi 🇮🇹 · $25
- Xin Ting Liang 🇦🇺 · $10
“This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Townsville”
- Rebecca D. Matthews 🇺🇸 · $10
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $250
- Vitaly Artem Sidorenko 🇺🇦 · $10
- Allison W. Weaver 🇺🇸 · $25
- Desmond D. McKenzie 🇯🇲 · $10
- Yağmur Songül Bozkurt 🇩🇪 · $10
- Jacques F. Lombard 🇿🇦 · $54
- Isabelle Leclerc 🇲🇦 · $25
- Elena E. Harper 🇺🇸 · $10
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Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Wish I lived closer to Dallas so I could bring a meal. Blessings!
how is Sergio doing now?
Good luck. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in Montgomery donated after I showed her your page. God bless!
Keep going. Shared it with a few friends. All the best
Rooting for you. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Cardiff!
Sending strength, Sergio. I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Lagos donated after I showed her your page!
Sending strength. Great idea, hope you get there. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out. Blessings.