MoneyFood & hungerCritical
Weekly meals for families facing hunger in Akron
The Neighbors' Pantry pantry in Akron is running low just as demand rises; $2,700 will stock it for 10 weeks.
🇺🇸 United States3,701 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Saturday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 11 families, and now we feed 75 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 51% this winter, 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 Akron market and keep every receipt.
Each $55 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 $2,700 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,250
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $850
• Baby formula and diapers: $330
• Refrigeration and electricity: $270
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Beatriz
Updates from Beatriz
No updates yet. Supporters are notified when the owner posts one.
- Paweł Andrzej Wiśniewski 🇵🇱 · $200
- Larysa Svetlana Grigoriev 🇩🇪 · $100
“Thought of Beatriz all day after reading this. - Nuremberg”
- Ciara C. Mahony 🇮🇪 · $100
- Courtney D. Prescott 🇺🇸 · $100
“Stay strong. My cousin told me about this one. - Lexington”
- Hridoy Hossain Pramanik 🇧🇩 · $100
- Ifeanyi Rotimi Adeyemi 🇳🇬 · $100
- Fatema Sheikh 🇮🇳 · $100
- Emmanuel B. Quizon 🇵🇭 · $100
- Yusuf Nasser 🇪🇬 · $75
- Diego Marcos Bezerra 🇧🇷 · $72
“Thought of Beatriz all day after reading this. - Recife”
- Kirana Nur Tampubolon 🇮🇩 · $70.50
- Bakari Mugisha Otieno 🇰🇪 · $50
- Lubna Zahra Tawfik 🇸🇦 · $50
- Shawn L. Hughes 🇺🇸 · $50
“Good luck. Please keep us posted. - Saint Paul”
- Sana Hina Hanif 🇵🇰 · $50
“You got this. My colleague told me about this one. - Karachi”
- Kinsley C. Harrison 🇺🇸 · $50
- Anonymous 🇷🇴 · $50
“Hope things get better. Hope you get the rest soon. - Iași”
- Enzo Otávio Correia 🇧🇷 · $50
“God bless. My cousin told me about this one. - Belo Horizonte”
- Mukesh Sachdeva 🇮🇳 · $49
- Lucas José Souza 🇧🇷 · $48
Reviews
Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.
No reviews yet.
Questions & comments
Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.
Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.
Keep going. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I have a 17 year old who wants to send good wishes too
keep going, Beatriz. Shared it with a few friends.
Hang in there, Beatriz. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Blessings.
Stay strong, Beatriz. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes
keep going, Beatriz. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Greetings from Bacolod.