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Let us introduce you to some AMAZING people
Behind BIG smiles
Feeding 69,000 Victorians daily isn’t easy. And it wouldn’t be possible without our 500 charity partners that help make it happen, right across the state. Knock on any one of their doors, and you’ll be met with warm hospitality, a kind smile and wide-open arms.
Enjoy Church in Gippsland is no exception. Locals head there every Friday to be welcomed with a cup of tea and a community lunch. While their food warms up, friends catch up, visitors grab free groceries from the community pantry, kids learn to play dominoes, and we get to meet people like Bill – who, in order to afford the food he needs, has been going without heating or hot water for years now.
Bill tells us that without Foodbank, he wouldn’t be here today. It’s so hard to hear but we’re so grateful to be the reason behind big, unforgettable smiles like Bill’s. Something that wouldn’t be true without YOU.
Three little WORDS, that’s all it takes
Lining up on an early morning in Sale for one of our regular Farms to Families markets, there are hundreds of life stories. To hear them, you only need to ask one question. “HOW ARE YOU?”
Our Farms to Families trucks are full of healthy, garden-fresh produce for a week’s worth of nourishment. Every trip, they feed around 300 FAMILIES – and with those 300 families come 300 reasons why people have needed our help. Rents at record highs. Bills going through the roof. Chatting to folks as they make their way through the market, it’s clear that times are tough on these parts.
But these communities, so tightly knit show up for one another wherever they can. Whether they’re serving up home cooked meals to someone who’d be going without, or checking in on someone down the street, these communities just do. They make the impossible, possible. Like YOU do. All without even having to ask. They just know.
They can be heroes…for more than one day!
There are so many unsung heroes who make our work possible — forklift drivers, volunteers, the legends behind the wheels of our trucks. And among them are some quiet superstars who never ask for the spotlight: our food donors. Without them, we wouldn’t be Foodbank. We’d just be “bank” (and that doesn’t quite have the same ring to it).
Take Dicky Bill’s farmers, for example. Like all growers, they carry a huge responsibility — up at dawn, ear to the ground, making sure their produce keeps growing strong. With so much on their plate, they rarely get to see just how far their donations go. And wow, do they go FAR.
Dicky Bill regularly donates hundreds of kilos of fresh, vibrant salads, herbs and greens to Foodbank. At a time when many families are struggling to afford fresh veggies, these donations make a life-changing difference. So we think it’s time someone sang a tune for these unsung heroes. It’s the LEAST we can do.
