Passionate as ever about helping those in our community most in need, it was easy for Robbie, owner of popular Pakington Street café King of the Castle to rally the Geelong community to help a local emergency food assistance program,...
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Over the Christmas/Summer Holiday period in December and January many of the agencies that provide food assistance will be closed or have changed their opening times. Below are two tables featuring those that are open/providing limited assistance and those that...
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While food assistance is an issue in our community all year round it is a bigger issue at Christmas as many welfare and community organisations that provide food assistance close over the Christmas/ Summer holiday. This means that hundreds of...
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It is widely recognised that food insecurity has detrimental effects on the health of individuals, families and the community as a whole. Within the G21 region evidence suggests that not everyone has regular access to food and that food insecurity...
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Through your Feed Geelong donations, those in need have been provided with better access to fresh fruit at Christ Church Community Meal’s daily breakfast program. In 2016, Christ Church Community Meals received a $5000 Feed Geelong (Small) grant from the Give...
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This is Dean. Every Friday you can find him at Geelong Food Relief Centre’s North Geelong minimart preparing three easy and nutritious meals. But it’s not just the delicious meals that clients get to walk away with. Thanks to your...
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Aiming to address Geelong’s food insecurity crisis, funds raised during the annual Give Where You Live Foundation’s Feed Geelong Appeal will go directly to providing grants to assist those organisations working within Geelong’s Emergency Food Relief System. In 2016, Urban...
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Thanks to your Feed Geelong donations, Diversitat is ensuring that culturally appropriate food can be provided to asylum seekers living in the Geelong region. In 2016, Diversitat recieved a $5000 Feed Geelong (Small) grant from the Give Where You Live Foundation to support...
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Each year the Feed Geelong Appeal raises funds to provide organisations with grants to increase access to nutritious food for those most vulnerable in our community. In 2017 the Feed Geelong Small Grants will provide up to $5,000 to help organisations improve food supply...
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Huge thank you to all who visited our participating ‘Soup Kitchen Thursday’ cafes during July. An incredible $6,500 was raised for the Feed Geelong Appeal! Over four ‘Souper’ Thursdays during July, ten participating cafes took up the task to assist...
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Thousands of men, women and children in the Geelong community are struggling to put three healthy meals on the table each day. With your help, Feed Geelong is doing something about it! Every Thursday throughout July, cafes around Geelong will...
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Thanks to your 2016 Feed Geelong donations, UnitingCare Geelong is better able to assist those who are without food at their Norlane site. With their Feed Geelong Grant they were able to purchase and install a freezer in their Norlane...
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