By Sindy Dupagunta | National Partnerships Executive
Dear Supporters,
Happy New Year!
Thank you once again for your support of Foodbank. Your kind donations to our bushfire efforts are continuing to make a massive difference to those affected.
As we navigated into the summer season of 2020 and now in the early months of 2021, Foodbank is preparing extensively for any exigencies that could occur. Given 2020 was a La Nina year, Foodbank was ensuring stock levels of food were more than adequate in case of any floods, cyclones, and heatwave conditions.
As a trusted organisation forming part of the official emergency response network, Foodbank is able to act as a conduit for the generosity of the food industry which is always keen to assist with essential supplies to stricken areas. Foodbank is capable of delivering what is needed, when and where it’s needed in order to efficiently and effectively support the relief efforts. When the emergency first hits, this may be items such as bottled water, batteries, toilet paper and food that doesn’t require refrigeration and cooking as there is no power in the area. Over time this may change to ingredients for hot meals to be prepared at evacuation centres and ultimately to hampers of key staples and household cleaning products for people returning to their homes.
Foodbank continues to work in a community long after the initial crisis has passed. Whether people are coping with damaged or even destroyed homes or disrupted income due to their place of work being closed, economic hardship is a challenge that remains after the clean-up has taken place. Food relief, for as long as it’s needed, builds resilience helping people to get back on their feet.
It should be noted that we remain in the relief and recovery phase for all fires that took place throughout the 2019/20 bushfire season. There is no doubt that the impacts are still being felt.
On behalf of the Foodbank family, we sincerely thank you for your support and the impact made possible through your generosity. We look forward to working with you further in our fight against hunger.
Together, we can ensure no Australian goes without.
Warm Regards,
Sindy
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