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In the media
TV
19/03/2010 "Foodbank
feeds thousands" Dedicated feature on ABC Stateline
Victoria.
Despite distributing three million kilograms of donated food each
year the VicRelief Foodbank can't keep up with demand.
SPC Ardmona has continued tosupport
rural communities since Coca-Cola Amatil's purchase of the company.
VicRelief Foodbank have been a beneficiary of SPC's 'Share-A-Can'
donations.
VicRelief Foodbank hope the recently
developed Bendigo FoodShare model will become a template adopted by
other regional towns, making food distribution effective for both
time and money spent.
Community food charities, including
VicRelief Foodbank, are in dire need of donations following an
noticeable increase of food insecure in Victoria. According to the
collaborative report released by VicRelief Foodbank, FareShare and
SecondBite, more donations are required of meat, fruit and
vegetables to keep up with the increasing demand for relief.
VicRelief Foodbank agency, 4Cs is one
of many community food programs around the state buying more than a
third of the food they need to provide for families doing it tough.
Ms Jenni Mathieson, director of 4Cs, said it was things like milk,
eggs, sugarand cereal that were were the most expensive and sought
after items.
According to the collaborative report
by VicRelief Foodbank, FareShare and SecondBite released last week,
about 300,000 Victorians go hungry each year, with 25 per cent of
the demand for additional food unmet.
Not enough fresh food is being
donated to Victoria's food programs according to a collaborative
report released by VicRelief Foodbank, FareShare and
SecondBite.
Pyrenees Advocate 'A
Helping Hand - Avoca Community Food Pantry open its doors'
The Avoca Community Food Pantry [supported by VicRelief foodbank]
officially opened its doors last Friday, 11th March. The Avoca Food
Pantry is a joint effort by both the Avoca Community and VicRelief
Foodbank and offers assitance to anyone experiencing hardship.
12/03/11 Border Mail 'Community
feeds on its own success'
It's a mighty example of a community working in the best possible
way. Multiple organisations are tackling a worrying problem in
theirmidst using their talents, businesses and backyards to provide
good, wholesome food to those who lack it. A dedicated feature on
VicRelief Foodbank's Street Harvest program, operating in
Wodonga.
09/03/11 Yarram Standard News 'Bits
& pieces'
Yarram and District Health Service, together with local community
and service groups, is starting the Yarram Street Harvest
initiative, which is supported by VicRelief Foodbank.
02/03/11 Maribyrnong Weekly 'Hungry
for success'
While most of the focus [of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival]
is on the delight in the abundance of food, VicRelief Foodbank
at
Yarraville will be delving in to the issue of food security and
discussing the difficulties relief and aid organisations encounter
in getting safe and nutritious food to distribute to people in
hardship.
02/02/11
Mirror (Foster) "Food help
sought for flood victims"
VicRelief Foodbank (VRFB) is providing urgent food and aid relief
to some 1500-plus people living in the worst of regional Victoria's
flood-affected isolated communities.
28/01/11
Australian Jewish News
"Carnival reaches out"
Charities across Melbourne benefited on Sunday, with hundreds of
Jewish kids volunteering to help those in need. At the VicRelief
Foodbank, 50 participants learnt what many people in poverty have
to live through without adequate food or money. They also
helped pack food hampers for those affected by recent flooding.
25/01/11 Maribyrnong Leader "Relief
group innundated"
Yarraville's VicRelief Foodbank has been working overtime
delivering food and aid to flood-stricken Victorians and
Queenslanders.
24/01/11 Bendigo Advertiser
"Recovery a slow process - charity"
VicRelief Foodbank is preparing for a recovery of at least 12
months from the central Victorian floods.
The charity has already sent a long list of food items to Bendigo
last week to be distributed to flood-affected
communities in the Loddon and Campaspe shires.
19/01/11 Maribyrnong Weekly
"Compassion fills the foodbank" (full version)
THE smell ... that's what Yarraville VicRelief Foodbank employee
Mike Cannon remembers from the 1974 Brisbane River floods. Mr
Cannon is one of a small army of staff and volunteers [at VicRelief
Foodbank] now busy collecting, packaging and shipping food and
basic supplies to bring relief for thousands of people across
Queensland in need after last week's flooding that has so far
claimed 18 lives.
19/01/11 Maribyrnong Weekly
"Compassion fills the foodbank" (shorter version)
THE smell ... that's what Yarraville VicRelief Foodbank employee
Mike Cannon remembers from the 1974 Brisbane River floods. Mr
Cannon is one of a small army of staff and volunteers [at VicRelief
Foodbank] now busy collecting, packaging and shipping food and
basic supplies to bring relief for thousands of people across
Queensland in need after last week's flooding that has so far
claimed 18 lives.
19/01/11 The Age "Charities send out
call for funds and fashion"
The Red Cross is operating 14 relief centres in flood-affected
parts of Victoria, and six recovery centres in towns where the
flood has passed and people are returning to their homes. VicRelief
Foodbank (vrfb.com.au) is distributing food to these centres,
including flying 1250 meals into the isolated towns of Charlton,
Boort and
Rochester yesterday.
13/01/11 Latrobe Valley Express
"Church offers a helping hand"
Gippsland Christian Church Community Care is offering a fortnightly
emergency relief service 80 people from the community with
non-persishable food sourced from VicRelief Foodbank.
18/12/10 Bendigo Advertiser "Plight
gets worse"
Demand for food and aid has increased 25 per cent this year. With
only a week until Christmas, experts blame rising costs in
household bills as the main reason for the large increase.
VicRelief Foodbank has distributed food worth $543,358.48 to people
in the City of Greater Bendigo and Campaspe and Loddon shires since
July 2010.
18/12/10 Bendigo Advertiser "Demands
for help on the increase"
Making ends meet is becoming more and more difficult for many
families. The significant increase in cash-strapped central
Victorians seeking assistance from the VicRelief Foodbank is even
more solid evidence that times are tough.
04/09/10 Warrnambool Standard
"Sharing the load" Struggling families and others under financial strain will be
better supported with the opening of a new charity food
distribution centre. The Warrnambool and District Food Share is
co-managed by the Worn Gundidj Aboriginal Co-operative in
conjunction with VicRelief Foodbank.
31/08/10 Warragul Gazette "Food
relief service for Neerim South" A dedicated food relief service serviced by VicRelief foodbank
has just opened in Neerim South. It aims to assist this proud
farming community who have experienced hardship including
isolation, prolonged drought and recent flooding.
14/07/10 Weekly Times "Champs spread
street harvest"
The Street Harvest project is a brand new pilot project run by
VicRelief Foodbank in Wodonga. It collects excess fruit and
vegetables from residential gardens and redistributes the produce
amongst neighbours and emergency relief organisations.
12/07/10 Monash Journal "Health
break on a plate" Foodbank Australia launched its collaborative Supply Program at
Rinoldi Pasta on 8 July 2010. The program encourages a variety of
food donors to donate ingredients that can then collaboratively be
put towards producing a staple food.
06/07/10 Heidelberg/Diamond Valley
Leader "Helping the needy" A report highlighting the need for food relief within the area
of Banyule. VicRelief Foodbank has been supporting the Banyule
Housing Support Group for many years, helping them to carry out
their food relief efforts within the community.
29/06/2010 Whittlesea
Wallan Kilmore Star "Hearty starter"
Since January VicRelief Foodbank’s KickStart Breakfast Club has
supplied Whittlesea Primary School with everything it needs to host
a weekly breakfast for children affected by the Black Saturday
bushfires.
09/06/2010 Altona Laverton Mail
"Student charity starts at home"
A groups of students from Victoria University have chosen VicRelief
Foodbank as recipients of food collected during their SIFE
(Students in Free Enterprise) Can Hunger campaign.
25/05/2010 Williamstown
Altona Laverton Star "Fresh, healthy". Four hundred kilograms of fresh fruit and vegetables from
VicRelief Foodbank are carted into Laverton weekly,thanks to a new
program aimed at tackling the fresh food desert.
11/05/2010 Maribyrnong
Leader "City rallies to the cause".
A follow up article on the "Tale of two cities" article (02/03/10)
telling how the community had responded by volunteering for local
charities.
11/03/2010 Corryong
Courier "Foodbank puts the freeze on" The Corryong Foodbank eagerly awaits the imminent arrival of
its new fridge/freezer facilities supplied, free of charge, by
VicRelief Foodbank.
13/12/10 Australian Food News (AFN)
"Victoria's largest food relief chairty goes greener"
VicRelief Foodbank, Victoria’s largest food relief organisation,
recently enlisted the help of Swinburne University and the National
Centre for Sustainability, to draft and publish their Eco Report
2010, demonstrating the food relief charity’s deep commitment to
the environment.
01/12/10 Sustainability Matters
"Swinburne supports non-profit to go greener"
Staff and students from Swinburne University’s Carbon Accounting
course at the National Centre of Sustainability have donated their
time and resources to create an Eco Report for Victoria’s largest
food relief charity.
25/11/10 Swinburne
University Media Centre "Swinburne supports non-profit to go
green"
Staff and students from Swinburne University’s Carbon Accounting
course at the National Centre of Sustainability have donated their
time and resources to create an Eco Report for Victoria’s largest
food relief charity, VicRelief Foodbank.
05/10/10 Australian Food News "Kraft
helps out Foodbank with more than just food" Kraft Australia celebrated its donation of 1 million kg of
food to food charity Foodbank over the past four years, by getting
its staff to lend a hand at the bottom floor. President of Kraft
Foods Australia & New Zealand, Ms Rebecca Dee-Bradbury,
volunteered at VicRelief Foodbank (Foodbank Australia’s state
member organisation), by packing food hampers to help feed
Australians unable to afford to buy food this year.
06/10/10 Pro Bono Australia "Kraft
Celebrates Million Kilo Food Donation" Kraft Australia executives and staff have celebrated a
milestone donation of a million kilograms of food to Foodbank
Australia without a party - instead choosing to volunteer their
time to VicRelief Foodbank.
