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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Suwon

The Community Pantry pantry in Suwon is running low just as demand rises; $2,650 will stock it for 7 weeks.

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Chang-min Min-jun Son
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Suwon
Since 2019, our volunteer team has run Community Pantry every Sunday from the back of the parish hall. We started with 18 families, and now we feed 376 each week. Donations have dropped by about 33% this school holidays, while the line has grown every single week. We rely on volunteers - 20 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Suwon market and keep every receipt. Each $35 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 $2,650 goes: • Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $1,300 • Fresh vegetables and fruit: $920 • Baby formula and diapers: $270 • Refrigeration and electricity: $160 Thank you so much.
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  • Tobias Lukas MaierQuestionPhoto verified

    Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Chang-min

    • Chang-min Min-jun SonOwnerAnswer

      Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale) is $1,300 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page.

  • Olivia G. Edwards

    take care, Chang-min. More neighborhoods should do this. Love from Verona.

    • Uwe Martin

      Hope it all works out. More neighborhoods should do this. Wish I lived closer to Buenos Aires so I could bring a meal. Love from Toronto.

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