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Weekly meals for neighbors in need in Haarlem
Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in Haarlem.
🇳🇱 Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands1,508 views
Since 2023, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Friday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 27 families, and now we feed 223 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 40% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 6 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Haarlem market and keep every receipt.
Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,250 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $710
• Refrigeration and electricity: $280
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,260
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Hendrik
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“Best of luck. Only $100 but hope it helps. - Tarragona”
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- Komal E. Verma 🇮🇳 · $30
“Be well. My sister told me about this one. - Jalandhar”
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“Wish I could do more. Small amount but sent with love. - Indore”
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“Wish I could do more. Thought of Hendrik all day after reading this. - Bang Khen”
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“Wish I could do more. My sister told me about this one. - Rio de Janeiro”
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stay strong. More neighborhoods should do this. Don't be hard on yourself for asking!
Thinking of you. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Haarlem
thinking of you and your family, Hendrik. Shared this with my family. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.
Hope it all works out, Hendrik. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Lagos.