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Weekly meals for families and seniors in Ottawa
Help keep a free food pantry open for families and seniors in Ottawa.
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Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Wednesday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 13 families, and now we feed 237 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 58% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 10 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Ottawa market and keep every receipt.
Each $35 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 $2,600 goes:
• Refrigeration and electricity: $310
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,000
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,290
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- René
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It takes guts to ask. Well done. Wish I lived closer to Siliguri so I could bring a meal.
Thinking of you and your family, René. Great idea, hope you get there!
Thinking of you and your family, René. Shared it with a few friends. Thinking of Ottawa