Foodbank SA Pop Up

A Pop Up is a one-off event held in an area or region that has been identified has having a high rate of food insecure South Australians. We work with local agencies to identify these locations to provide food relief to those in greatest need in our state.

Foodbank seek sponsors willing to contribute to the Pop Up. Our trucks are loaded full of food for distribution free of charge to that community area. Our aim is to get more food out to the people who need it the most. We work together with welfare agency partners in the area and invite them to send their clients along. Foodbank provides free fresh produce and free pantry foods, as well as a free sausage sizzle.

In 2018, The Murray Bridge community had a rough year, with a fire causing significant damage to the Thomas Foods International abattoir, a major local employer. Many locals lost their jobs and the effect flowed to other, allied industries in the region.

Foodbank SA teamed up with the Port Adelaide Football Club (PAFC) and organised two trucks of food to be delivered to the Murray Bridge Racing Club.

More than 360 individuals attended the Murray Bridge Pop Up, representing more than 900 vulnerable South Australians in need (with nearly half of the 900 being children).

A total of 7,400 kg of fresh fruit and vegetables and other assorted groceries were distributed in under two hours.  With more than 50 volunteers helping to make the day a success, 25 of these volunteers were from Port!

It was great to receive feedback from those who attended the pop up and hear what it meant to them:

“We’ll be able to eat for the next few days.  I won’t be anxious about how I’m going to feed myself and my kids.  It gives me respite.  It is a relief”
“I have no money till Tuesday.  It has made a huge difference to me and my family”
“As a single mum of two boys, who has recently got out of a DV relationship this helps us so much xx”