General News
3 November, 2022
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WOOLWORTHS Camperdown is organising a Local Community Food Drive to help deliver high priority food relief to those experiencing hardship, in the lead-up to Christmas.
WOOLWORTHS Camperdown is organising a Local Community Food Drive to help deliver high priority food relief to those experiencing hardship, in the lead-up to Christmas.
The initiative began this week, with Camperdown and district customers encouraged to donate non-perishable food items into the specially marked Local Community Food Drive trolley, found in-store.
Items include:
Breakfast cereals
Pasta, rice and instant noodles;
Canned fish or meat;
Spreads (peanut butter, honey, jam); and
Baked beans and spaghetti.
According to the 2022 FoodBank Hunger Report, more than half a million households struggle to meet food needs; with more than two million households having gone hungry in the last 12 months.
Within these households, the number of children affected has increased by 100,000, resulting in 1.3 million children grappling without having food on their plate.
Woolworths stores are working closely with local food charities to ensure Camperdown district residents in need receive the donated items, along with fresh food to the value of $250 in time for the upcoming festive season.
The Food Drive is a frontline community effort to help provide a solution for hunger relief, which has been exacerbated by the rising cost of living and changes in household living arrangements.
Woolworths Camperdown store manager Daniel Kardas said “as today’s Fresh Food People, we’re dedicated to caring for all local Australian communities”.
“Our food rescue efforts not only support vulnerable people, but provide an opportunity for Australians to understand the country’s stark hunger problem,” he said.
“We’re asking Camperdown district customers who are in a position to do so, to join us in donating to the Woolworths Local Community Food Drive on their next grocery shop, by simply adding non-perishable items to our trolleys.
“By making a small donation, you will be helping the wellbeing of our local community, providing them with the essentials they need.”
Camperdown district customers can donate in-store at Camperdown to the Woolworths Local Community Food Drive until November 15.