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Weekly meals for families facing hunger in Latina
Leonardo runs a volunteer pantry feeding 256 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
🇮🇹 Lazio, Italy1,225 views
Since 2020, our volunteer team has run Open Hands Pantry every Thursday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 21 families, and now we feed 256 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 51% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 20 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Latina market and keep every receipt.
Each $20 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $1,250 goes:
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $620
• Baby formula and diapers: $430
• Refrigeration and electricity: $200
I hope life is good to you.
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Keep going, Leonardo. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up. Greetings from Boulogne-Billancourt.
You're not alone. Great idea, hope you get there. Sent it to 13 people at work. All the best.
Take care, Leonardo. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I hope November is when things finally get easier
sending love. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Latina.
You're not alone, Leonardo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Love from Mumbai.
Wishing you the best. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Wish I lived closer to Bristol so I could bring a meal
Thanks for sharing this, Leonardo. This could happen to any of us. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day. Love from Hồ Chí Minh City