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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Durham
Help keep a free food pantry open for students and shift workers in Durham.
🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States4,760 views
Since 2021, our volunteer team has run Bread & Beans Kitchen every Friday from the back of a borrowed garage. We started with 12 families, and now we feed 247 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 43% this rainy season, 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 Durham market and keep every receipt.
Each $25 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $3,150 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,500
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $850
• Baby formula and diapers: $610
• Refrigeration and electricity: $190
Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
- Nhân
Updates from Nhân
Update from Durham: the first invoice got paid this week. We're at 49% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
- Heloísa Renata Campos 🇧🇷 · $10
- Victoria B. Lawson 🇬🇧 · $43
- Luis W. Vásquez 🇲🇽 · $25
- Arjen Hoekstra 🇳🇱 · $20
- Anonymous 🇮🇩 · $20
“Get well soon. Hope you get the rest soon. - Jakarta Barat”
- Mia Clara Schneider 🇩🇪 · $72
“Wish I could do more. - Düsseldorf”
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $25
- Quỳnh Như Pham 🇻🇳 · $15
“Every little bit. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Hải Phòng”
- Sapna N. Tripathi 🇮🇳 · $25
- Nathan Stéphane Nguyen 🇫🇷 · $25
- Anonymous 🇹🇷 · $20
- Cláudio Daniel Farias 🇧🇷 · $25
“Sending love - Rio de Janeiro”
- Anonymous 🇵🇱 · $10
- Oliver E. Keller 🇺🇸 · $5
- Riley L. Castillo 🇺🇸 · $5
- Gabriela Antônia Lacerda 🇧🇷 · $10
“I'm in Guarulhos, thinking of you. - Guarulhos”
- Priya Rina Biswas 🇬🇧 · $20
- Putri Citra Pane 🇮🇩 · $25
- Siti Putri Utomo 🇮🇩 · $25
“Happy to help. Thought of Nhân all day after reading this.”
- Letícia Bruna Santana 🇧🇷 · $25
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stay strong, Nhân. Gave what I could, wish it was more. My husband and I read this together. Blessings.
Shared this with my family. We're a small family in Fresno but we're thinking of you.
Hope this works out for you. Thinking of Durham.
your post was clear and honest. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care.
Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Nhân
Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is $1,500 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. Good question.
Thanks for sharing this, Nhân. I hope things turn around soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Praying for you. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.
Good luck, Nhân. Hope this works out for you. Blessings
Stay strong. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Naivasha but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Naivasha.
hope things get better soon, Nhân. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier
Sending love. I hope things turn around soon. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Take care.
Best of luck, Nhân. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Katowice.
sending strength. I hope things turn around soon. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money