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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Albany
Julia runs a volunteer pantry feeding 188 families; this fund restocks shelves for the harvest gap.
🇺🇸 Albany, New York, United States1,959 views
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Tuesday from the back of the old library basement. We started with 8 families, and now we feed 188 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 40% this harvest gap, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 19 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Albany 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 $3,300 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $2,050
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $610
• Baby formula and diapers: $360
• Refrigeration and electricity: $280
Thank you for reading my story.
- Julia
Updates from Julia
Quick update: $104 raised so far (3%). I made the first payment toward fresh vegetables and fruit. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.
- Naoki Abe 🇯🇵 · $25
- Revathi S. Vaidyanathan 🇮🇳 · $5
“Thought of Julia all day after reading this. - Mangaluru”
- Volkan Gökhan Güler 🇹🇷 · $99
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Wishing you peace. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Newcastle.
Good luck, Julia. Looking forward to the next update. My neighbor in Da Nang donated after I showed her your page. Thinking of Albany
Sending love, Julia. Hope this works out for you.
is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Julia
Sure. The biggest one is rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale), $2,050. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Ask me anything else.
Sending good thoughts. Hope you get there. Greetings from Machakos.
Stay strong, Julia. Shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together. Love from Novosibirsk
Good luck. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
You're not alone. I hope things turn around soon. It's not much but it's yours. Love from Messina.