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Soo-ah runs a volunteer pantry feeding 297 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.

🇺🇸 Orlando, Florida, United States3,698 views
Soo-ah Ji-woo Ku
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Orlando
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Friday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 14 families, and now we feed 297 each week. Donations have dropped by about 32% this winter, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 16 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Orlando market and keep every receipt. Each $35 feeds a family of four for a week. All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs. Where the $3,000 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,200 • Baby formula and diapers: $500 • Refrigeration and electricity: $300 I hope life is good to you. - Soo-ah

Updates from Soo-ah

  1. Thank you all. We're at 48% now ($1,437). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 23% now ($696). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. - Soo-ah

  • Lemi Whaanga 🇳🇿 · $100

    “Blessings. Gave what I could this week. - Christchurch”

  • Derek J. Mosley 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Naresh M. Bisht 🇮🇳 · $10

    “Keep your head up. Saw your post and had to give. - Hubballi”

  • Gianna C. Enriquez 🇺🇸 · $10
  • Gabriella P. Harvey 🇺🇸 · $100

    “Thinking of you. Thought of Soo-ah all day after reading this. - San Francisco”

  • Megan N. Dominguez 🇺🇸 · $20
  • Nneka Yewande Yakubu 🇳🇬 · $10
  • Geeta C. Khanna 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Megan R. Santiago 🇺🇸 · $25
  • Naresh S. Patel 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Mrunal S. Chheda 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Declan P. Pierce 🇳🇿 · $10
  • Everly Richards 🇺🇸 · $50
  • Lucía Jiménez 🇪🇸 · $22.50

    “All the best. Small amount but sent with love. - Bilbao”

  • Verónica E. Orozco 🇺🇸 · $74
  • Anonymous 🇵🇰 · $25

    “Hang in there. Only $25 but hope it helps. - Gujranwala”

  • Murat Murat Kaplan 🇹🇷 · $100
  • Harold T. Leonard 🇺🇸 · $69
  • Corinne Odette Leroy 🇫🇷 · $200
  • Madhavan N. Iyengar 🇮🇳 · $30

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  • Wishing you peace, Soo-ah. Gave what I could, wish it was more.

    • Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Kanpur.

      • Wishing you peace, Soo-ah. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care

        • Thinking of you and your family, Soo-ah. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer

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