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Weekly meals for neighbors in need in Bologna
Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in Bologna.
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Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Thursday from the back of a community center. We started with 16 families, and now we feed 169 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 58% this school holidays, 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 Bologna 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 $1,400 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $195
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $360
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $845
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- Stefania
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- Megumi Aoi Yamashita 🇯🇵 · $630
“Be well. Thought of Stefania all day after reading this.”
- Marc Laurent Huet 🇫🇷 · $100
“Stay strong. My neighbor told me about this one. - Marseille”
- Irina Svetlana Volkov 🇷🇺 · $100
- Salim John Salim 🇰🇪 · $100
- Mwanaisha Imani Ochieng 🇰🇪 · $80
- Anonymous 🇰🇷 · $78
“Blessings. Thought of Stefania all day after reading this. - Suwon”
- Anonymous 🇷🇴 · $75
“From my family to yours. Thought of Stefania all day after reading this. - București”
- Doris A. Larson 🇬🇧 · $75
- Kinsley Stewart 🇦🇺 · $60
- Joshua J. Johnson 🇨🇦 · $50
“Hope this helps. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Burnaby”
- Yves Joly 🇫🇷 · $50
- Bimala Sita Gautam 🇳🇵 · $50
- Tomás B. Vega 🇨🇴 · $50
- Ella Miranda 🇨🇦 · $27.50
“Best of luck. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Sherbrooke”
- Emily N. Nkosi 🇿🇦 · $25
- Russell K. George 🇬🇧 · $25
- Rahima Ayesha Mia 🇧🇩 · $25
- Anjali W. Sidhu 🇮🇳 · $20
- Yohannes Tesfaye 🇪🇹 · $20
“Sending love. Thought of Stefania all day after reading this. - Addis Ababa”
- İsmail Volkan Aydın 🇹🇷 · $20
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Great idea, hope you get there. My neighbor in Asaba donated after I showed her your page.
Praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. All the best
keep going, Stefania. Hope you get there.
Hope it all works out, Stefania. This could happen to any of us. God bless
Thinking of you and your family, Stefania. Shared it with a few friends.
thinking of you and your family, Stefania. Gave what I could, wish it was more. All the best.
Best of luck. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best.
Wishing you peace. Hope this works out for you. I'll check back for the next update. All the best.