Your weekly shop can help provide hunger relief this July.
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Foodbank has launched its biggest annual public food appeal to help provide meals for the one in six people who are in crisis at some point each year.
An estimated 84,100 people across NSW seek assistance for food relief each month, but to meet this need, an additional 60,244 meals are still required above what is currently being provided.
According to Foodbank Australia, a third of Australians receiving food relief are children and it is estimated that around one in five children experience going to school or bed hungry.
The Foodbank ‘Shop & Share’ campaign matches donations of certain products with customer purchases at Woolworths during the month of July.
In 2016, the campaign raised 13 million meals for Australians in need and donations this year are anticipated to be the equivalent of filling around 3500 shopping trolleys full of food.
“Shop & Share provides us with an opportunity to remind Australians about the ongoing issue of hunger which affects so many families, individuals and children, at the same time as securing additional food to assist them,” Foodbank Australia’s CEO Brianna Casey said.
“We’ve been overwhelmed by the support from the brands participating in the campaign and now we’re relying on local Lithgow shoppers for their support to help us provide crucial food relief.”
Woolworths Lithgow store manager Brendan Edwards said the store was proud to support the campaign.
“All customers need to do to play their part is purchase one of the many participating products across our stores when they shop with us in July and know that by supporting the brands that support Foodbank, they will be helping families in need across the region.”
Participating brands include the Woolworths food range, Ardmona, Devondale, John West, Chicken Tonight, Old El Paso, Vetta, McCain, Helga’s, SunRice, SPC, Primo, Mount Franklin, Continental and Sanitarium.
Foodbank is a non-profit organisation which acts as a pantry to the charities and community groups who feed the hungry. It is a conduit between the food industry’s surplus food and the welfare sector’s need.
Foodbank’s work is made possible thanks to key partnerships with the food industry and its dedicated team, which includes more than 3000 volunteers.