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Weekly meals for neighbors in need in San Francisco

Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in San Francisco.

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Doris Sims
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San Francisco
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Friday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 24 families, and now we feed 127 each week. Donations have dropped by about 51% 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 San Francisco 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 $3,400 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,300 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $1,100 • Baby formula and diapers: $650 • Refrigeration and electricity: $350 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Doris
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Updates from Doris

  1. Small update. $461 so far, I made the first payment toward baby formula and diapers.

  2. Update from San Francisco: we've started the first stage. We're at 8% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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  • Victoria B. Wang

    keep going. Hope you get there. Greetings from Chandler.

    • Kalyani S. Vyas

      Good luck. Your post was clear and honest. Thinking of San Francisco.

      • Audrey E. Young

        take care, Doris. This could happen to any of us. Thinking of San Francisco

        • Nathan Stéphane Barre

          Hope this works out for you. Thinking of San Francisco

          • Mohit D. Luthra

            Good luck, Doris. More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from New Orleans.

            • Bukola Chiamaka Bankole

              rooting for you, Doris. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings.

              • Terry T. Howell

                Keep going, Doris. Great idea, hope you get there. My cousin had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.

                • Isaac G. Jackson

                  I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of San Francisco.

                  • Zainab Ngozi Idowu

                    Best of luck, Doris. Shared this with my family. Greetings from Accra

                    $871.50 raised of $3,400

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