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Weekly meals for families facing hunger in Tel Aviv
Ariel runs a volunteer pantry feeding 258 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel836 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Sunday Shelf every Sunday from the back of a community center. We started with 21 families, and now we feed 258 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 35% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Tel Aviv market and keep every receipt.
Each $30 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 $2,150 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,550
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $380
• Baby formula and diapers: $220
Every share and every dollar helps.
Updates from Ariel
Update from Tel Aviv: I met with the wholesaler and confirmed the amounts. We're at 14% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Crystal H. Tran 🇺🇸 · $100
- Sandra Theresa Wiredu 🇬🇭 · $100
- Shima Sharmin Mia 🇧🇩 · $50
- Obinna Rotimi Obi 🇳🇬 · $50
- Wahyu Arief Santoso 🇮🇩 · $50
- João Caio Borges 🇧🇷 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $25
“All the best. Thought of Ariel all day after reading this. - San Jose”
- Ryan G. Cruz 🇵🇭 · $20
- Kavita P. Patel 🇬🇧 · $10
- Queen Khadija Musa 🇳🇬 · $6
- Gilbert J. Castro 🇵🇭 · $5
“Thinking of you. Thought of Ariel all day after reading this. - Manila”
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is there anything that isn't money that would help Ariel?
Wishing you the best, Ariel. It takes guts to ask. Well done.
Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Latina
Best of luck, Ariel. Looking forward to the next update. Wish I lived closer to Aurangabad so I could bring a meal. Blessings.
Sending good thoughts. Your post was clear and honest. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Greetings from Orlando
Keep going. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. All the best.