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Weekly meals for students and shift workers in Tucson
Stephanie runs a volunteer pantry feeding 213 families; this fund restocks shelves for the winter.
🇺🇸 Tucson, Arizona, United States1,166 views
Since 2022, our volunteer team has run the Second Helping every Wednesday from the back of a community center. We started with 25 families, and now we feed 213 each week.
Donations have dropped by about 51% this winter, while the line has grown every single week.
We rely on volunteers - 12 of us - and keep no salaries or overhead. I buy staples at wholesale prices at the Tucson market and keep every receipt.
Each $40 feeds a family of four for a week.
All of the funds go to groceries, fresh produce, and cold-storage costs.
Where the $2,550 goes:
• Rice, beans, flour and oil (wholesale): $940
• Fresh vegetables and fruit: $700
• Baby formula and diapers: $680
• Refrigeration and electricity: $230
You're what makes this possible, and I'll never forget it.
- Stephanie
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- Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $10
- Huy Lộc Thai 🇻🇳 · $50
- Nicholas H. Carroll 🇨🇦 · $10
“Rooting for you. Only $10 but hope it helps. - Laval”
- Inna Milena Kuznetsov 🇷🇺 · $9
- Delilah W. Page 🇺🇸 · $25
- Swapnil F. Doshi 🇮🇳 · $50
- Funmilayo Blessing Ogunbanjo 🇳🇬 · $39
- Vivian Lynch 🇺🇸 · $5
- Nur Intan Siregar 🇮🇩 · $10
- Roberto Lucas Sampaio 🇧🇷 · $30
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $10
- Lucky Olumide Coker 🇳🇬 · $250
- Moussa Moussa Barry 🇫🇷 · $100
- Saowaluk Panyarachun 🇹🇭 · $5
- Julia Busch 🇩🇪 · $52
“Best of luck. Thought of Stephanie all day after reading this. - Nuremberg”
- Serena Greta Marino 🇮🇹 · $48
- Ife Okonkwo 🇳🇬 · $67
- Waqas Adnan Memon 🇵🇰 · $25
- Samina Nida Hussain 🇵🇰 · $10
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hope things get better soon, Stephanie. Great idea, hope you get there. Please keep us posted. Take care
Best of luck, Stephanie. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Tucson.
So sorry you're going through this, Stephanie. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer