Food Aid's Lois Gill & Michael Buckley
Food Aid's Michael Buckley & Myself unloading some of the cans
The purpose of this project was to receive donations of cans of food from members of the community which would be given to Food Aid for distribution to those needy families in Torquay and the Surf Coast. In doing so, it was anticipated that this Community Service project would provide desperately needed support to Food Aid while raising community awareness of this volunteer organisation and of the Rotary Club of Torquay
Rotary Club members were asked to distribute flyers into letterboxes or by speaking to neighbours and friends about the project and then after a few days, return to collect any donations.
This successful project collected over 430 items of tinned and packaged food, with an estimated value of $1,100, that have been delivered to Food Aid for distribution before Christmas.
Sincere thanks to the small sub-committee from the Rotary Club of Torquay including Maggie Isom, John McDonald, Club President Jan Emmett, Michael Reed and Alan Anderson. In addition our appreciation and thanks to Ryans SUPA IGA, Torquay who supported the project by supplying check-out bags to assist with the donation and collection process
A photo of the items of food that were delivered to Food Aid, Torquay being inspected and sorted by Mrs. Lois Gill and Dr. Michael Buckley
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