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Weekly meals for neighbors in need in San Diego
Jack runs a volunteer pantry feeding 193 families; this fund restocks shelves for the school holidays.
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States3,700 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Thursday Table every Saturday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 24 families, and now we feed 193 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 33% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 18 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the San Diego market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $3,800 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,850
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,500
• Baby formula and diapers: $230
• Refrigeration and electricity: $220
If you're reading this, thank you.
Updates from Jack
We're at 56% thanks to 52 of you. we've started the first stage. More news soon.
- Eleanor M. Gardner 🇳🇿 · $250
- Waqas Bilal Ali 🇵🇰 · $250
- Brian Mwende Kato 🇰🇪 · $200
- Tyler L. Wong 🇺🇸 · $200
- Piper W. Bridges 🇺🇸 · $200
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $200
“Good luck. Hope you get the rest soon. - Gdańsk”
- Lúcia Priscila Cunha 🇧🇷 · $100
- Amelia Thornton 🇺🇸 · $100
- Julia Monika Adamczyk 🇵🇱 · $100
“Every little bit. I'm in Warsaw, thinking of you.”
- Douglas M. Curtis 🇺🇸 · $100
“Hope this helps! - Chandler”
- Lucía B. Acosta 🇪🇸 · $100
“Wishing you the best. I'm in Seville, thinking of you.”
- Mustafa Kerem Çiftçi 🇹🇷 · $100
“Take care of yourselves. Hope the September deadline works out. - Üsküdar”
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $100
- Márcia Daniela Santos 🇧🇷 · $100
“Be well. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Guarulhos”
- Lucy Barker 🇺🇸 · $100
- Harold L. Hernandez 🇺🇸 · $100
- Ramon B. Reyes 🇵🇭 · $100
- Rashid Haider Pasha 🇵🇰 · $100
“Rooting for you. I'm in Lahore, thinking of you. - Lahore”
- Claudia D. Aguilar 🇲🇽 · $75
- Lucia Maria Grassi 🇮🇹 · $75
“My sister told me about this one. - Latina”
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Jack
Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is $1,850 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Let me know if you want more detail.
Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Take care.
hope things get better soon. Shared it with a few friends. Take care.
Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double.