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Foodbank WA

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

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25.01.2022 A big thank you to the Rio Tinto team for helping cook up a storm in our Community Kitchen last week! 995 pizzas were cooked, cooled and packaged ready to go out to families in need across the state! Thank you for being part of our quest to reach #zerohunger by 2030!

25.01.2022 A big thank you to everyone who came along to support our Donation Drive-Thru on Saturday A total of 162 cars across Perth, Peel, Bunbury and Geraldton donated 4,400kg = 8,800 meals for families in need! In case you’re curious, Toyota took out our Generosity Stakes Car Award with the most donations - closely followed by Subaru and Ford!! ... A big thank you to the amazing Telstra Times One crew for their support and energy on the day If you missed the Drive-Thru, Telstra stores in Subiaco, Innaloo, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie and Albany have food collection boxes set up instore!

25.01.2022 Were proud to be partnering with Iluka, ABC Foundation and MEEDAC to distribute Emergency Relief Hampers to families in need We have seen a rapidly rising need for food across regional and remote communities this year. Since April, funding from Iluka has provided 27,000 meals to over 1000 families around Geraldton and Carnarvon.

25.01.2022 The City of Armadale recently included one of the Superhero Foods storybooks Lets Eat as a part of their virtual Storytime series! Click on the link in the post to view the reading of Lets Eat. Lets Eat uses Foodbank WAs Superhero Foods characters to make healthy eating fun and exciting for kids! Download or order your own copy of Lets Eat and other Superhero Food resources at www.superherofoodshq.org.au

25.01.2022 A big thank you to the Geraldton community for supporting our Donation Drive-Thru over the weekend - 360kgs of food was donated which is over 600 meals for locals in need! A special thank you to our amazing helpers from Nagle Catholic College for helping out on the day

25.01.2022 Were very excited to welcome Bankwest back for their first Mega Meal Challenge for 2020! Today this awesome team were busy prepping the roast pork, which will be the hero of the dish How many meals do you think they make? #MegaMealChallenge #fighthunger

24.01.2022 As part of Anti-Poverty Week, we’re unpacking the impact food insecurity has on people's mental health. Food insecurity has significant short and long-term imp...acts on physical and mental health. According to FoodBank’s 2020 Hunger Report, more than half of people experiencing food insecurity say it has caused a decline in their mental health over the past 9 months. Food insecurity often leads to mental ill-health due to increased stress, cycles of fasting, and the substitution of higher nutrition food with lower cost foods with lower nutritional value. Children in food insecure households in Australia are more likely to miss days of school, miss out on school activities, and more likely to experience mental ill-health. There are countless reports of parents regularly going without food to ensure their children are getting the nutrition they need. How in a country like Australia do we have people in our community regularly skipping meals because they can’t afford food? Research shows us that the rising cost of living is consistently the main reason Australians experience food insecurity. People are most likely to cite unexpected expenses, large bills, and rent and mortgage payments as the reasons they are unable to afford enough food. People has reported to us that the increased rate of JobSeeker with the introduction of the COVID Supplement has enabled people to eat 3 meals a day. A survey conducted by ACOSS showed that 80 percent of people said they were eating better and more regularly due to the increase in their payment. Foodbank has found that over a third of people don’t know how or if they will cope when the COVID Supplement ends on December 31. People looking for work will be forced back onto payments of $40 a day. We cannot allow that to happen again. The rate of JobSeeker must be increased above the poverty line for people’s mental and physical health.

24.01.2022 Who wore it better?! Meal Makers is just around the corner and we have officially passed $80,000 which is over 160,000 meals - to celebrate Andrew is unleashing his inner Gordon Ramsay! Help us reach our target at www.mealmakers.com.au

24.01.2022 Absolute legends! Thank you Chevron Australia for all your hard work helping pack hampers and delicious meals in our community kitchen last week #HungerFighters #chevronvolunteers #humanenergy

24.01.2022 Foodbank WA would like to extend a huge congratulations to the Martu Education Centre in Newman for celebrating its 10 year anniversary Thanks to the ongoing support of BHP Western Australia we have run our Food Sensations for Schools Program for local Martu students and more recently, Food Sensations for Parents Program. We are humbled to be invited in to the center and have enjoyed these sessions. To many more years of collaboration and growth. Happy 10th Anniversary!! ... Graham Polly Farmer Foundation

23.01.2022 We’ve been in certain circumstances where we needed help, and by asking places if they could help us, they put us in the right direction." Foodbank's recent Hunger Report highlights that 61% of people experiencing food insecurity have accessed food relief since COVID-19 hit. However the other 39% have not reached out for the help they need. The most common barriers to accessing relief are embarrassment, shame, or thinking there might be others in greater need. Retiree David,... said he and his wife were lucky to be put in the right direction when they needed help. The very important thing is knowing where on earth to go. There are so many people, who do not know that there are people such as Foodbank who can help. They need to know help is out there. If you are in need of Emergency Food Relief free call 1800 979 777 for assistance. To read the full report head to www.foodbank.org.au/foodinsecurity/ #ZeroHunger #FoodbankHungerReport2020 #FeedingHungryAussies Foodbank Australia

23.01.2022 There has been some debate online about the best way to peel garlic but we still think this is the easiest! How do you cut your garlic? For more tips and tricks visit: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/healthy-recipes or join our Food Sensations Social group.

21.01.2022 182kg of fresh milk donated to Foodbank Peel this week from our friends at Mandurah Dairy Distributors, thank you team! #fighthunger #waronfoodwaste

21.01.2022 www.mealmakers.com.au

21.01.2022 NEW NEWSLETTER SNIPPETS We are excited to announce the long-awaited arrival of our new Superhero Foods Babies, featured in our latest newsletter snippets! Created to support our Food Sensations for Parents healthy eating and cooking program, the snippets explain key nutrition messages for parents and families in a fun and SUPER cute way. Simply insert the snippets into school or community newsletters, magazines or digital displays for bite-sized and impactful healthy eat...ing messages. Browse and download all 10 snippets for FREE now: www.superherofoodshq.org.au/product-cat/newsletter-inserts/

21.01.2022 Photos from #MealMakers day 1! Big thank you to our Meal Makers and Chef Matthew Sartori from Wildflower Perth for taking over the training kitchen yesterday to make his signature scallop dish! They then moved the Community Kitchen with chef Grant to help make over 2,500 meals for West Aussies in need - watch this space to see how they go! www.mealmakers.com.au ... The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia - CMEWA, Northern Star Resources, Rangelands NRM, Aldi_Australia, Arc Infrastructure, Acuity Group

21.01.2022 FOODBANK GERALDTONS DONATION DRIVE THROUGH Saturday 12 September| 9am - 12pm 31 Webberton Road Geraldton WA 6530 ... What you need to know before coming: The Drive-thru will run from 9am - 12pm Please come to a complete stop and turn off your car while our volunteers are removing items from your vehicle. Please follow our traffic wardens instructions and if there are any delays please be patient. We will try to have you on your way as soon as possible. Please do not exit vehicles where possible our staff will collect donations from your car boots or back seats. Thank you so much for all of your support and we cant wait to see you today! If youre unable to make it along but would like to support the appeal, you can also donate on our website, every $1 = 2 meals www.foodbank.org.au/WA/drivethru

21.01.2022 Can you tell we're excited for our Donation Drive-Thru this weekend!? Saturday 28 November| 10am - 2pm Foodbank Perth - 23 Abbott Road, Perth Airport Foodbank Peel - Unit 1 / 68 Reserve Drive Mandurah... Foodbank Bunbury - 5 Clifford Street Bunbury Foodbank Geraldton - 31 Webberton Road Geraldton We can't wait to see you there! For more information visit: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/drivethru/ Proudly supported by Telstra Store Albany, Broome, Innaloo, Kalgoorlie, Subiaco and Telstra Business Technology Centre Regional WA. #foodbankdrivethru #uncancelchristmas

19.01.2022 Behind the scenes ! Our wonderful Pilbara team were joined by Rob from Perth Portrait Photos on their recent trip to Newman and Parnngurr Community. Thanks to the valuable support of BHP Western Australia, Rob was able to experience and capture the incredible work that Foodbank WA does to support communities in the East Pilbara region through their nutrition education programs

19.01.2022 Foodbank Donation Drive-Thru is back by popular demand! We’re excited to be holding Donation Drive-Thru’s in Perth, Peel, Bunbury and Geraldton to help families in need this Christmas!! Saturday 28 November - 10am - 2pm... Perth Foodbank Donation Drive-Thru - 23 Abbott Road, Perth Airport Peel Foodbank Donation Drive-Thru - Unit 1 / 68 Reserve Drive Mandurah Bunbury Foodbank Donation Drive-Thru - 5 Clifford Street Bunbury Geraldton Foodbank Donation Drive-Thru - 31 Webberton Road Geraldton Some items we need: UHT Custard Christmas Puddings/Mince Pies Spreads Tinned Meat/Hams Canned Fish Canned Fruit Tea and Coffee Breakfast Bars Gravy Sauce/Powders Christmas Crackers Plus all non-perishable items not past their expiry date Please give what you can! For more information visit: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/drivethru Shout out to Telstra Store Albany, Broome, Innaloo, Kalgoorlie, Subiaco and Telstra Business Technology Centre Regional WA for supporting this event.

18.01.2022 Our team have been hard at work travelling across the Midwest providing food hampers, alongside our charity partners and the Department of Communities, to those affected by Cyclone Seroja. We have now delivered 1,700 hampers to the region, with more to come. For emergency food relief, please call 1800 979 777, or visit: www.foodbank.org.au

18.01.2022 Photos from #MealMakers day 3! Can you believe weve raised over 200,000 meals so far for West Aussies in need?! Thank you Jordan Bruno for joining us in the training kitchen to cook up delicious spinach & ricotta gnocchi alongside our Meal Makers!

18.01.2022 Recently, our wonderful Pilbara team were joined by two BHP Western Australia representatives Sarah and Chris ! The team were welcomed to Yandeyarra Remote Community School to deliver our Food Sensations programs . The students learnt about making healthy food choices and cooked up a big feed for the school even the BHP team learnt a thing or two! This was all made possible through our long standing partnership with BHP, which focuses on building community capacity in the East Pilbara region through healthy eating messages

18.01.2022 Always Was, Always Will Be. Our Pilbara team of Public Health Nutritionists celebrated National NAIDOC week on Martu country last week - seeing, hearing, learning and sharing knowledge of Australia’s rich 65,000+ year history alongside Strelley Community School. There’s nothing like a good feed to bring people together! We are so grateful for BHP Western Australia's ongoing support to make moments like this possible. For more information about Foodbank WA’s Pilbara Strategy, visit foodbank.org.au/WA/pilbara-strategy/

18.01.2022 What an amazing effort from Lake Joondalup Baptist College - LJBC! A big thank you to all of the students and teachers for this incredible donation - 906 non-perishable cans PLUS, raised $2185 to donate! If youd like to join our #SchoolFoodAppeal visit: www.foodbank.org.au/support-us/hold-a-food-drive... #HungerFighters

17.01.2022 QBE Insurance Australia have been cooking up a storm this week! The team finished with a massive 1,422 pizza and spaghetti carbonara meals ready to go out to families across the state!! #MegaMealChallenge

17.01.2022 1,649 Meals!! Big thank you to these amazing Bankwest vollies for taking on the #MegaMealChallenge this week. The team finished the week off with 1,649 roast pork meals, packed and ready to go out to feed families across WA! #HungerFighters

17.01.2022 Today is a reminder to check in with your mates and ask, RUOK? Theres no denying this year has been extremely difficult for everyone, so its more important than ever to stay connected and to support those around us. If you or someone you know is not okay, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14. For emergency food relief please call 1800 979 777. www.ruok.org.au... Illustrated by RockDoodles R U OK Day #RUOKDay #ItsOKtonotbeOK

16.01.2022 Meet Rex! Thanks to the valuable support from BHP Western Australia, Rex was able to participate in Foodbank WA’s Food Sensations for Schools Program in Port Hedland recently. The food bank program is an amazing inclusion in the school curriculum. It [has] really made my 8 year old son Rex consider the foods he consumes and now since doing the program plans 1 meal per week for us to enjoy. He has three of the cook books, chooses the recipe and then sorts what ingredients ...are not already in the kitchen. He teaches me knife safety from the book and then helps clean up. It is wonderful having him want to be involved in the kitchen and making good choices around food for his wellness. Thank you Foodbank WA for inspiring Rex and making it fun. Andy, Rex’s mum For more information about Foodbank WA’s Pilbara Programs, visit www.foodbank.org.au/WA/pilbara-strategy/

16.01.2022 Off we go! Our Perth Airport School Fruit Van is full of fresh fruit and on the road to visit over 75 schools across Perth this week! Big thanks to Perth Airport and Stan Perron Charitable Foundation for helping keep tummies nice and full!

16.01.2022 There’s no denying 2020 has been a particularly tough year for everyone. Our National Foodbank Hunger Report 2020 released today highlights that demand for food relief has increased due to COVID-19 and overall demand is up by an average of 47%. Charities are now also reporting a further jump of 25% since JobSeeker and JobKeeper were reduced at the end of September. If you are in need of Emergency Food Relief free call 1800 979 777 for assistance.... To read the full report head to www.foodbank.org.au/foodinsecurity/ #ZeroHunger #FoodbankHungerReport2020 #FeedingHungryAussies

16.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who showed support for Empty Bowls Perth over the weekend. Over $19,000 was raised, which is 38,000 meals! It was fantastic to see so many happy faces enjoying soup from their beautiful handmade bowls, with all funds raised helping West Aussies doing it tough. A big thank you to White Peacock Studios Dee Parker, Liz Berry and all of the wonderful volunteers, potters and local restaurants for coming together to help make this event such a success - we cant wait for next year!

15.01.2022 Celebrating 250,000 meals made in our #communitykitchen! A big thank you to Chef Grant, our amazing vollies and special guests for helping us celebrate this special milestone!

15.01.2022 CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS In the spirit of #worldkindnessday, we’re calling for volunteers to help #fighthunger at some of our upcoming events this Christmas! Donation Drive-Thru Volunteers... Saturday November 28th After raising over 18,000kg of food at our Donation Drive-Thru earlier this year, we’re holding another to support the most vulnerable members of our community this Christmas! Find out more: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/donationdrivethru/ Gift Wrapping Volunteers December 1st - 24th, 11.00am-2.00pm If you’re a gift wrapping extraordinaire, we’re on the hunt for vollies to help with wrapping each day in December at Claremont Quarter! All wrapping gear is supplied. Find out more: www.volunteer.com.au/volunteering/157813 Please share with your family and friends!

14.01.2022 Last month we welcomed the Times One crew to our warehouse for a day of intensive food hamper packing! This volunteering day kick started a year long partnership which will allow us to purchase Everyday Food Essentials like pasta, rice and flour. We look forward working together in the future across their entire WA store network!

13.01.2022 Check out the winners of this years Design an Ad Competition. We partnered with the Seven West Media Education team to run a competition to design an advertisement to celebrate 20 years of our School Breakfast Program and to promote the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast every day! Students from K-12 were eligible to enter and each of the winners received $100.00! Congratulations to our winners!... Luke - St Peters Primary School in Bedford Audrine - Caladenia Primary School Charles - Providence Christian College Sarah - Morley Senior High School

13.01.2022 Help ‘Uncancel Christmas’ for hungry children! This year we’ve enlisted Santa’s help to ask West Aussies to spare a thought and a donation for the tens of thousands of children at risk of going without food this Christmas. 2020 has been a year like no other and sadly families that were already struggling before the pandemic have been the hardest hit. ... Help put Christmas back on the table with a small donation: foodbank.org.au/uncancel-christmas

13.01.2022 Meet our #MealMakers Chefs! Meal Makers is just around the corner and we have already raised over 130,000 meals for West Aussies in need - Check out our exciting line up of guest chefs! To learn more about our chefs or donate to help #fighthunger visit mealmakers.com.au... Jordan Bruno Taste Budds Cooking Studio Wildflower Perth Rawbychris

13.01.2022 Members of the operations lead team at South 32 made a huge donation to Foodbank recently! Donations included tinned food, snacks, cereal and hygiene products that will go a long way to help families in need. Thank you for helping #FightHunger!

13.01.2022 Empty Bowls Perth is just around the corner! Sessions 1 and 2 have already sold out and we have limited tickets available so make sure to get your tickets quick! There will also be lots of auction art pieces up for grabs including this incredible original painting by William Boissevain.... Sunday 30 August 11am-12pm, 12-1pm or 1-2pm Christ Church Grammar School Refectory Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/BKHYU

12.01.2022 On the road to help! Mobile Foodbank has added even more locations to our weekly runs! We know transport can be a barrier for people experiencing hardship, thats why were proud to be working with charity partners across Perth to provide emergency food directly to those who need it most. For a full schedule of new times and locations visit: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/mobile-foodbank

12.01.2022 A new partnership with KCGM, Saracen Mineral Holdings and Northern Star Resources to support the local community in response to COVID-19 has also enabled Foodbank Kalgoorlie to hire a much-needed forklift! The forklift has a much smaller turning circle which will allow us to rearrange the warehouse and create more space. Their support has come at a time when we need it more than ever before, as while the immediate health risk has eased here in WA, the economic and social impacts of COVID-19 will be long lasting.

12.01.2022 A great article about coming together to bring pandemic aid to remote communities. In collaboration with Southern Aboriginal Corporation, Foodbank WA helped provide food hampers to Noongar households in the Great Southern region along with another service provider Chorus. More than 900 food parcels were distributed in total. Read more: www.philanthropy.org.au//bringing-pandemic-aid-to-remote-/

12.01.2022 DONATION DRIVE THROUGH - IMPORTANT INFORMATION What you need to know before coming: The Drive-Thru will run from 10am - 2pm ... - Foodbank Perth - 23 Abbott Road, Perth Airport - Foodbank Peel - Unit 1 / 68 Reserve Drive Mandurah - Foodbank Bunbury - 5 Clifford Street Bunbury - Foodbank Geraldton - 31 Webberton Road Geraldton Please come to a complete stop and turn off your car while our volunteers are removing items from your vehicle. Please follow our traffic wardens instructions and if there are any delays, please be patient. We will try to have you on your way as soon as possible. Please do not exit vehicles where possible our staff will collect donations from your car boots or back seats. If you're unable to make it along but would like to support our Christmas appeal, you can also donate on our website, every $1 = 2 meals Proudly supported by Telstra Store Albany, Broome, Innaloo, Kalgoorlie, Subiaco and Telstra Business Technology Centre Regional WA. www.foodbank.org.au/WA/drivethru

11.01.2022 Always Was, Always Will Be. National NAIDOC week 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. At Foodbank we’re committed to encouraging growth, harmony and acceptance and will continue to work towards a better future for all. Two years ago our nutrition team proudly released our Let’s Eat story book to help support teachers with inclusive resources. The story follows Daisy on a hunt for h...ealthy food and features various bush tucker foods and beautiful background imagery painted by talented Aboriginal Artist Lisa Morrison to portray the six Noongar seasons. #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek #NAIDOC

11.01.2022 Give A Feed Christmas hamper packing day 1 done and dusted! Huge thank you to our hard working vollies Give A Feed - giveafeed.com.au

10.01.2022 #MealMakers day 2 was a hit with guest chef Sophie Budd (Taste Budds Cooking Studio) who made delicious focaccia and pasta, before heading into the community kitchen with Chef Grant for another massive day of meal prepping! Huge thank you to Bankwest, Herbert Smith Freehills, Perth Business Network, Gold Fields Australia and our very own CEO Greg for all your hard work yesterday! www.mealmakers.com.au

10.01.2022 This is the moment DOrsognas Mr Butcher met Foodbank WAs Mr Bacon . We were thrilled to have our good friends from DOrsogna pay us a visit this week. Smallgoods is by no means small talk around here! As long term supporters of Foodbank WA, we work with their logistics team to ensure quality hams, bacon and continental products that are close to code avoid landfill and are distributed to people in need throughout the state.

10.01.2022 Congratulations to our winners! We had some wonderful entries with some delicious creative recipes. We are pleased to announce the winners of our recent Superhero Foods Kids Cooking Challenge. 1st prize - Aarya (6 years) created a delicious, Lloumi Corcapto Lollipop. The recipe title was creatively made up of the first letters of all the delicious ingredients in the recipe (halloumi, courgette, capsicum and tomato) served with fruity vegetable couscous and home made ove...n baked chips! 2nd prize - Lilys (8 years) Beautiful Butter Chicken 3rd prize - Charlies (7 years) Potato Stuff And two special participation awards go to Abby (9 years) for her Buttery butter chicken and Iggy (7 years) for his Choc Mint Slice. Well done to all those who entered and our wonderful winners! And thanks to our partners Healthway and The Literature Centre for the great prizes. Remember to Choose Superhero Foods for a healthy body and strong mind and keep on cooking! You can find lots of yummy recipes and nutrition resources at Superherofoodshq.org.au #SuperheroFoods #KidsCooking Rosalie Primary School St Peters Primary School in Bedford

10.01.2022 Huge shout out to the HBF team for volunteering yesterday! Thanks to vital funding, HBF have allowed us to distribute a significant number of COVID-19 Emergency Food Relief Hampers at a time where over 90% of all emergency relief requests are for food. These hampers have helped families across Perth, Wheatbelt communities and as remote as the Wirrimanu Aboriginal Corporation, Balgo Community in the far north east of this vast state.

10.01.2022 Raine Square is launching a new community project to support West Aussies! Every meal purchased in their food court between 24 August and 13 September will allow for a vote to be placed to support local causes, including Foodbank WA. Each vote = a $5 donation to help provide meals to families in need Find out more at: https://www.rainesquare.com.au//2020/08/18/food-for-thought

10.01.2022 #GiveaFeed Hamper packing day 2 with the Bankwest crew, and we're well on our way to reaching our target of 2,500 festive food hampers for families in need!! Give A Feed - giveafeed.com.au

09.01.2022 Meal Makers results are in! We reached our target and raised an incredible $125,211 which is 250,423 meals for West Aussies in need! Not only that but we broke records in our community kitchen - producing 2,919 ready to eat meals in just 1 week for families across the state. Huge thank you to all of our amazing #MealMakers and supporters for making this possible!... https://mealmakers.com.au/

09.01.2022 Sharing the Dignity Share the Dignity dropped off 56kg of sanitary items this week to help women in need - no woman should have to choose between buying food or sanitary products, thats why were proud to be working together to help stop period poverty!

08.01.2022 Sometimes we put so much into our present list for Santa, we forget that nothing feels better than giving. If you're looking for something fun to do with the kids, a #reverseadventcalendar can be a great way to get into the spirit of giving! Download the calendar here: foodbank.org.au/support-us/hold-a-food-drive/

08.01.2022 We’re SO grateful to have the support of Hawaiian's shopping centres again this year to help collect food and gifts for WA families in need this Christmas If you missed our Donation Drive-Thru yesterday, you can find giant-sized gold Giving Boxes at the shopping centre below! Giving Box Locations:... Claremont Quarter Hawaiian's Bassendean Hawaiian's Forrestfield Hawaiian's Melville Hawaiian's Mezz in Mt Hawthorn Hawaiian's Noranda Hawaiian's Park Centre in East Victoria Park For more information please visit: https://givingbox.hawaiian.com.au/

08.01.2022 Thank you to the legends over at 917 The Wave for donating a massive 217kg of milk at our Peel branch this month!

07.01.2022 That's a wrap! It was another massive day of #GiveAFeed hamper packing today with our friends from Bankwest, but we did it! 2,500 festive food hampers are packed and ready to help provide struggling families with all the ingredients for a meal to enjoy on Christmas day!... Give A Feed - giveafeed.com.au

07.01.2022 Bankwest finished this weeks #MegaMealChallenge with a massive 1529 meals! In 2020 Bankwest have taken on the challenge 6 times and have helped make a massive 8,861 meals in total for West Aussies in need - what an awesome effort! Thank you for helping #fighthunger!

07.01.2022 A big thank you to Vicki and the wonderful team at Tangibility for helping produce these amazing reusable bags for our Food Sensations for Parents team! On top of that, Vicki has also been donating her time volunteering here at Foodbank we cant thank her enough for all the support foodbank.org.au/WA/food-sensations-for-parents

07.01.2022 Important update Foodbank Staff and Volunteers are continuing to provide food assistance this week, however due to some temporary charity closures, our Joondalup Mobile run has been postponed this Thursday 29th April, returning to normal next Thursday 6th May. All of our other Mobile Foodbank locations are running as normal. Please check our website for more information and updates: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/mobile-foodbank/

06.01.2022 Heartwarming post alert! The amazing Seddon family have yet AGAIN dropped off their Reverse Advent Calendar donations in time for Christmas! This is the 3rd year they have donated and we love seeing their beautiful family grow! ... foodbank.org.au/support-us/hold-a-food-drive/

06.01.2022 Were excited to be holding our first Donation Drive-Thru in Geraldton! Spring clean your pantry and help support the most vulnerable members of our community. Saturday 12 September| 9am - 12pm... 31 Webberton Road Geraldton WA 6530 Some items we need: Baked Beans Breakfast Cereal Canned Spaghetti Flour Pasta Rice Tinned Fruit Tinned Soup Tinned Tuna Tinned Vegetables UHT Milk Please give what you can! For more information visit: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/drivethru

06.01.2022 Our Hunger Report revealed due to COVID-19 charities are seeing a rise in casual employees and international students seeking food relief. Among the new needy are international students who have lost their casual employment and do not qualify for Government assistance. Sarah is the coordinator of the student department at Organisation of African Communities in WA Inc who have been working to help provide Foodbank Hampers to over 150 African students and community members in r...esponse to COVID-19. A former student herself, she understands the pressures COVID-19 has placed on young people who already tend to struggle with the isolation and other challenges of studying in a foreign country. When the students lost their jobs and some had their hours drastically reduced, they went through and most still are going through financial hardship, but they can count on getting a foodbank box which is one less bill to worry about." If you are in need of Emergency Food Relief free call 1800 979 777 for assistance. www.foodbank.org.au/foodinsecurity : ABC News: Claire Moodie

04.01.2022 A massive thank you to Westpac, Pitcher Partners, Export Finance Australia and NCI for coming in to lend a hand and cook up a storm in our Community Kitchen this week and donated $1k along the way! They also dropped off an incredible 141kg of food which is over 250 meals for families in need. Thank you for helping #fighthunger!

04.01.2022 Karintha Orchards have been donating fresh fruit and veg to Foodbank since our Bunbury Branch opened! In Australia millions of tonnes of edible food goes to waste every year, that’s why we're lucky to work with WA growers to fight hunger! Recently we’ve seen a decline in donated fruit and veg due across WA to challenges resulting from COVID-19. If you're a WA Grower and would like to donate visit: www.foodbank.org.au/support-us/make-a-donation/donate-food

04.01.2022 A big thank to everyone who voted for Foodbank WA during Raine Square Square's Food For Thought campaign for WA charities! Your votes helped raise $3,905 to support our local community and fight hunger in WA!

04.01.2022 Another incredible donation dropped off at our warehouse last week A big thank you to John Forrest Secondary College for donating over 1400 items to help those going without!

03.01.2022 A big thank you to little Julian (3) and Zoe (5) for coming in last week to donate food to help familes in need - They each donated their pocket money they saved from doing chores around the house! #generouskids #heartsofgold

03.01.2022 Woohoo, we have a new community kitchen record - 2690 meals in just one week! A big congratulations to Chef Grant and his team of vollies for helping us get there

03.01.2022 Our commitment to supporting remote communities in the East Pilbara was demonstrated recently when the team visited the western desert communities of Kunawarritji and Punmu. Joining forces with Pilbara Population Health, and thanks to the invaluabe support of BHP Western Australia, the partnership team delivered our Food Sensations for Schools nutrition and cooking program and facilitated a community-wide cook up. This annual collaboration enables us to reconnect and reinforce healthy cooking and eating messages, providing tailored support to communities in this unique environment.

03.01.2022 Chop an onion like a pro (with minimal tears!) with this little trick For more time and food saving tips visit: www.foodbank.org.au/WA/healthy-recipes or join our Food Sensations Social group.

03.01.2022 Arc Infrastructure have got us sorted! A huge shout out to the Arc Infrastructure team who rushed to our aid last week when we were short of volunteers, some even travelling from Narrogin to lend a helping hand! They absolutely smashed it in our warehouse - packing a massive 795 Emergency Hampers and 757 Deli Packs (they even ran out of boxes!)... With WA thrown into another lockdown over the weekend, this could not have come at a better time! #payitforward #payitforwardday

02.01.2022 Thank you to these incredible Bankwest vollies for helping cook up a storm in the kitchen last week for our #MegaMealChallenge! The team finished with 1649 meals - see how they did it

02.01.2022 For me Foodbank means that when I’m really struggling that week, I can still have one or two extra things for my daughter. I am more than happy to go without, but when she needs something, she is the first one that will get it. Our Hunger Report shows that in times of COVID, those who were already struggling are doing it even tougher and have been joined by people who’ve never experienced hunger before. Foodbank is always here to help. If you need emergency food relief free... call 1800 979 777. www.foodbank.org.au/foodinsecurity/

01.01.2022 A friendly reminder to our charity partners that our warehouses will be closed today, Monday 26th April, and we'll be back Tuesday 27th April. For emergency food relief, please free-call 1800 979 777.