November was a busy month, culminating in the Kāpiti wide Lions collection for the Foodbank. This was very successful and resulted in the collection of enough canned and packet food to fill the shelves of the kapiti Community Foodbank for approximately four months.
Foodbank Secretary Margaret Griffith says when they manned the gate at the recent Food Fair at Lindale we “received 10 cartons of canned food and $744 in donations.
“We are now putting together the Christmas parcels which will be issued on 21st December. This year we have been given the names of 145 families who will benefit from this scheme. All parcels will have festive items including chickens, chocolates, tinned fruit, cream, jelly, Christmas cake or pudding etc,” says Ms Griffith.
The Foodbank is closing on Wednesday, 22nd December-13 January to give our co-ordinator and volunteers a break. During this period, emergency food parcels will still be available via the telephone message system.
