Helping the Social Supermarket
As many of you know the Social Supermarket of Apokoronas is supporting many families in the area. This week, once again, monthly bags were packed for the 370 needy families which contained basic items such as rice, milk, flour, sugar and pulses. There are also about 15 families who need to be supported on a daily or weekly basis. It all looks good and many thanks to the volunteers and those of you who support the good work with donations of money and foodstuffs…. but wait... These are the shelves after the bags are packed. Then the effort to raise money to buy food starts again. Sometimes the gap is longer than a month as there is not enough in the store. The Periferia ( the overall council of Crete) helps from time to time with cheese, meat and so on but this is not every month and often there are not enough of the extras to share between all the recipients, so it is divided between the most needy and the rest have to go without. Many groups and individuals ...
