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Weekly meals for neighbors in need in San Jose
Help keep a free food pantry open for neighbors in need in San Jose.
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Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Neighbors' Pantry every Wednesday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 10 families, and now we feed 257 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 50% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 14 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the San Jose market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
I'll post the weekly shopping receipts and a photo of the shelves each Sunday.
Where the $3,400 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,750
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $530
• Baby formula and diapers: $710
• Refrigeration and electricity: $410
Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
- Parker
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hope things get better soon. More neighborhoods should do this. After 27 years in social work I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Blessings!
So sorry you're going through this, Parker. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Brescia.
Thinking of you, Parker. This could happen to any of us. My husband and I read this together.
sending good thoughts, Parker. Great idea, hope you get there.
Wishing you the best, Parker. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't give up. Take care.