Some pretty spectacular spatulas.

What’s giving red velvet cupcake AND red-carpet vibes? Only our brand-new batch of celebrity spatulas…

Last year, we gave celebrities the challenge of designing their very own spatulas to raise funds for Foodbank. Now, it’s officially time for round two… and guess who’s stepped up to the plate this year?

Pick up a piece of art to keep in your kitchen at home, with designs created by Foodbank ambassadors Hamish Blake and Chrissie Swan, plus Sophie Monk, Adam Liaw, Glenn Robbins, and legendary Herald Sun cartoonist Mark Knight.

Available from October exclusively through Minimax (not long to wait now!)

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Thanks Victoria – you brought all the food!

​​Your response to our Emergency Food Drive knocked our socks off (not our steel capped boots tho)…

We put the call out for help, and you sure did answer   At our Emergency Food Drive on August 10-11, we saw first-hand that gritty ‘roll up your sleeves and we’ll make this happen’ attitude that is pretty much part of Victoria’s DNA.

All weekend long, our community rocked up to our Yarraville Warehouse with smiles, beautiful words of encouragement and best of all, arms and boots full of food.

With our volunteers cheering them on like a finals crowd at the ‘G, there were cars of all kinds, scooters and Harleys, families with their kids, a gleaming convoy of vintage Thunderbirds and not one but TWO big red CFA trucks. Hugs were exchanged, and friendships forged as our oversized bins began to fill with 100’s and 100’s of cans, packets and boxes of the items we needed to help feed Victorians.

And, ever since that weekend, the tonnes of food you brought to our giant roller doors have been heading straight back out of our warehouse and onto the tables of those who need it most.

You know that line from David Bowie, ‘We can be heroes – just for one day’? Well, you were…except it was TWO days and the impact of your generosity is going to last for much longer than that.

Couldn’t get there yourself? You can still be part of our Virtual Food Drive so head over there and fill up a bag, basket or trolley to help feed more Victorians.

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Heard about Food Fight? The fundraiser taking place across Victoria, asking schools and students to put their hands up to fundraise for Foodbank?

Yep, you heard that right. In exchange for an afternoon of flinging fake food and having buckets full of fun, students can raise much-needed funds for Foodbank.

Do you know a school that would be up for piffing stuff to help feed people? Well, tell them to sign up?

Huge thanks to those 100 schools who’ve already raised 1 million meals – Legends.

You’re never too young to be crowned AWESOME!

Meet one of the youngest members of our Nourish Collective – Elena, who is proof that you can do amazing things for your community at any age.

At just 10 years old, Elena decided to sign herself up to our regular giving program (a community we like to call our Nourish Collective), with her parent’s approval, of course, and now generously donates some of her savings each month to help the 65,000 people we’re feeding each and every day.

And she’s even inspired her younger sisters to do the same!

“I love donating to Foodbank knowing it helps families have food” she said.

And we love Elena too.

Our Nourish Collective are nothing short of amazing. Lately, we’ve been relying on their help. More than ever before.

Just like the prices rising on your local supermarket shelves, it’s becoming more and more expensive to source the food we need. All while demand continues to grow and grow. Which is why we need donations that we can count on, each and every month. Providing the funds we need to nourish the people who need our help now.

Pretty awesome generosity, right? We think so too.

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Paris may have the Mona Lisa. But we have Rebekah

You don’t need to be an art lover to appreciate this smile and the story behind it…

You helped us, help Rebekah. She’s the heartbeat of her growing family; always happy to stop and have a friendly chat and share her grandmother’s deliciously rustic recipes.

The epitome of so many mums we meet, all trying to make miracles happen when hope is scarce.

With four children to feed and take care of, the youngest just six months old, to say she has her hands full is, well, an understatement.

Things are a little easier now that Rebekah can access a regular and reliable source of fresh, healthy food thanks to the incredible support of Victorians like YOU through our Winter Appeal.

We’re so glad you can help us be there for all the ‘Rebekah’s. Without them, our communities can’t thrive.

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Save your myki – you won’t need it for this bus!

Much needed food is rolling into local communities on our supersized purple Mobile Supermarket Buses with more than 9,000 families hopping on over the last 12 months to fill their empty bags with beautiful, wholesome food.

With entry at the back and exit at the front, the 18-metre ‘bendy’ buses offer a miniature supermarket experience complete with shelving and refrigeration stocked with a range of fresh veg, fruit, staple pantry items and in-demand chilled foods like yogurt and milk. Each bus delivers 2,000 kg of fresh, healthy food – that’s 3,363 meals for every bus trip.

These buses allow us to reach vulnerable people living in the heart of our suburbs who don’t have the capacity to travel or aren’t able to access food relief centres. It’s a way we can provide a truly respectful service offering food that suits our culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Over the year, these mighty machines have made 71 trips and distributed more than 245,000 meals across metropolitan Melbourne – that’s despite all the roadworks

We couldn’t have done this without our incredible partners, the team at Kinetic and DECJUBA Foundation and we’re so thankful on behalf of those 9,000 families to have their continuing support to keep our bountiful buses on the road.

We like to think of them as wheels with feels.

All weekend long, you rocked up to our Emergency Food Drive with your smiles, your beautiful words of encouragement and best of all, your arms and boots chock-a-block full of food.

There were cars of all kinds, scooters and Harleys, a gleaming convoy of vintage Thunderbirds and with our volunteers cheering them on like a finals crowd at the ‘G not one but TWO big red CFA trucks.

Paddy and Tom just happened to be dropping off food with their Mum and Dad when the Bulla CFA arrived, and it’s fair to say they were stoked to give our generous Fireys a helping hand to get all that lovely food off the truck and into our bins.

You know that line from David Bowie, ‘We can be heroes – just for one day’? Well, you were…except it was TWO days and the impact of your generosity is going to last for much longer than that

Couldn’t get there in person? You can still be part of our Virtual Food Drive so head over there and fill up a bag, basket or trolley to help feed more Victorians.

A kitchen with heart

What do you get when you combine chef Karen Martini with a Chobani yogurt raising funds for Foodbank? A ‘Kindness Kitchen’!

That’s right, Martini turned her St Kilda restaurant Saint George into a Kindness Kitchen for a fundraising lunch with Foodbank and Chobani to support people struggling to put food on the table.

Tickets to the 3-course lunch cost $7.90 – the cost of Chobani’s limited edition Foodbank Passion Fruit and Strawberry yogurt.

Funds raised by the lunch and tubs of yogurt are being donated to Foodbank, with six meals donated for every tub sold.

Martini said she was thrilled to partner with Chobani and Foodbank to help tackle such an important and present issue within the community.

You can get your hands on the Chobani x Foodbank yogurt in Woolworths until October this year.

With six meals from every tub sold donated to Foodbank, we can keep supplying healthy food to people in need.

Women nurtured at McAuley House

McAuley Community Services for Women (McAuley House) offers a variety of life-changing services for women impacted by homelessness, family violence, or both.

Operating across Ballarat and Footscray, their team provides longer-term housing and support. But really, McAuley House also offers something even more meaningful – a restorative space for women to learn and support one another.

Jess, their Food 4 Life Facilitator, works in the kitchen each week and makes sure the 25 residents of McAuley House are fed healthy, nutritious meals every day. Once a week, residents and staff get together for a communal lunch – the perfect opportunity to connect, eat and catch up.

Thanks to McAuley House’s programs, women are not only provided with a safe place to live, but are nurtured into reviving and building skills in the kitchen – something that’s particularly valuable to women who may not have had access to a kitchen for some time.

Education like this is invaluable, helping residents continue to thrive when they eventually move on to independent living, restored and renewed thanks to our inspiring community partner.