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Weekly meals for neighbors in need in Venice
Paolo runs a volunteer pantry feeding 83 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇮🇹 Venice, Veneto, Italy3,733 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Wednesday from the back of a school canteen. We started with 21 families, and now we feed 83 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 48% this winter, 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 Venice market and keep every receipt.
Each $20 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $1,800 goes:
• Baby formula and diapers: $390
• Refrigeration and electricity: $220
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,190
With deep gratitude,
Paolo
Updates from Paolo
69% there. the plan for baby formula and diapers is now scheduled. Thank you.
- Eka Elsa Setiawan 🇮🇩 · $500
- Hương Quyên Dao 🇺🇸 · $250
- Anonymous 🇨🇦 · $200
- Christina Efthymia Vasileiou 🇬🇷 · $100
“God bless. Hope this covers a bit of it. - Athens”
- Mercy Aisha Musa 🇳🇬 · $100
“Sending love. Thought of Paolo all day after reading this. - Wudil”
- Regina Larissa Azevedo 🇧🇷 · $100
- Iwan Agus Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $75
- Ruth Nakato Tembo 🇹🇿 · $50
- Elena D. Pearson 🇺🇸 · $50
- Serenity G. Kim 🇺🇸 · $50
- Chihiro Sakamoto 🇯🇵 · $50
- Sri Kirana Utomo 🇮🇩 · $50
- Yamini P. Bisht 🇮🇳 · $50
- Themba W. Buthelezi 🇿🇦 · $46
- Pranee Waraporn Eiamsa-ard 🇹🇭 · $30
- Adalynn Morgan 🇺🇸 · $29
- Sofia Maryna Hrytsenko 🇷🇺 · $25
- Đức Duy Lam 🇻🇳 · $25
- Rakesh C. Rajput 🇮🇳 · $25
- Oumou Mbaye 🇫🇷 · $25
“From my family to yours. My sister told me about this one. - Lyon”
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Sending good thoughts, Paolo. Hope you get there. Sent it to 39 people at work. Love from Madurai
praying for you. Shared this with my family. I'm in customer support myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.
thanks for sharing this. Looking forward to the next update. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
hang in there, Paolo. This could happen to any of us. Blessings.
Thanks for sharing this, Paolo. Great idea, hope you get there. Blessings