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Official bulletin of Foodbank WA Winter 2021 FOODBANK WA IS REACHING MORE WEST AUSSIES THROUGH OUR MOBILE FOODBANK SERVICE
CEO update
The true Western Australian We are expecting this to continue to
spirit has shone through as our increase through winter.
community faced the devastating On a personal note, after 12 years, I am
Wooroloo bushfires, Carnarvon leaving the Foodbank WA family. It has
and Kalgoorlie floods and Cyclone been an incredible journey and one I am
Seroja. very proud of.
I have heard stories of heart-break I am thankful for our incredible partners
from those who have lost their homes. who donate millions of kilos of food
Our emergency food hampers provide a year. And our amazing volunteers,
essential food items to people impacted donors and staff who help us to support
to help them through the next few the people who need us.
months while they rebuild their lives, We can only do what we do with the
homes and communities. support of people like you.
In March, JobSeeker payments reduced, Foodbank WA is in a great position
JobKeeper payments stopped and to continue to grow and support
the rental moratorium ended. With those who needs us. A new CEO will
COVID-19 still present, many families be appointed soon to lead Foodbank
are facing reduced income and high rent WA into the future as we work to end
increases or worse, eviction. hunger by 2030.
At our Perth branch, we saw the impact Greg Hebble
of this immediately. In April we provided CEO Foodbank WA
almost 25% more groceries than March.
Greg Hebble, CEO Foodbank WA
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Foodbank WA supporting those
impacted by natural disasters
Many Western Australians have been impacted by natural Following Cyclone Seroja, our Perth Branch Manager, Steve
disasters this year. The Wooroloo bushfire, floods in Bacon travelled to Geraldton, Kalbarri, Northampton and
Carnarvon and Kalgoorlie, and Cyclone Seroja has caused surrounds to deliver the hampers to the local communities.
damage to communities across our State. Our valued corporate partners responded to our call, Mineral
Resources and CBH helped provide funds for emergency relief
In the days and weeks following these natural disasters,
food hampers and breakfast packs.
Foodbank WA worked with our charity partners to quickly
provide food hampers to those who had been impacted. Steve said “after witnessing the devastation of Cyclone Seroja
and seeing firsthand the resilience and community spirit of all
Our food hampers, packed by volunteers, with essential non-
those affected it was very humbling to be able to offer some
perishable items including Weetbix, longlife milk, tinned food,
sort of relief to the affected communities.”
pasta and sauce, tea, coffee, sugar and biscuits.
If you or someone you know is in need of assistance, please
Through our partnership with the Emergency Relief and
call Emergency Relief and Food Access Service on 1800 979
Food Access Service, people that had been impacted were
777 or visit foodbank.org.au.
also able to apply for a 3-month referral to access food and
groceries from any of Foodbank WA’s 6 branches or 22 mobile
locations.
Steve Bacon,
Perth Branch Manager
Steve Martin, Operations Manager delivers
hampers to the Midwest after Cyclone Seroja
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Reaching more West
Aussies through our
Mobile Foodbank
For Western Australians needing food assistance, getting to
our branches can be difficult without access to transport. Our
Mobile Foodbank allows us to deliver essential food hampers
to central locations in both metro and regional areas.
Our Mobile Foodbank currently visits 22 locations. With
thanks to Lotterywest and Northern Star Resources we are
adding 5 more trucks to our fleet soon and will be able to
reach even more West Aussies in Albany, Bunbury, Kalgoorlie,
Peel and Perth.
For the latest Mobile Foodbank locations please visit Foodbank WA Ambassador, Duc Pham (right) and Perth Business
foodbank.org.au. Network’s Kerri Buurman (left) volunteering on our Mobile Foodbank
Our community donates tonnes of food
for the homeless
West Aussies who are homeless face extra burdens for accessing
quality nutritious food. Without easy access to fridges, cooking
equipment or even a can opener, it can be difficult to eat
regularly.
That’s why in March we called on our community to donate
items especially for people who don’t have access to a kitchen.
And our community delivered!
At our March Donation Drive-Thru, more than 3,600kgs of food
was donated across our 6 branches. This included ring-pull tins
of food (i.e. spaghetti, tuna soup and more), muesli/protein bars,
Up’n’Go’s and flavoured milk.
Thank you for your donations especially Times One Telstra stores
and our friends at Skål International Perth..You have helped us to
provide essential food items to West Aussies who need it.
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Our volunteers are teariffic
Thank you to our hundreds of regular and corporate
volunteers who are helping us to end hunger in Western
Australia. While individual contributions vary, the collective
impact that our volunteers make at Foodbank WA is
enormous. We think you are eggcellent!
National Volunteer Week recognised and thanked some of
our longest serving volunteers.
• Stuart Bell in Perth for 20 years of service (pictured right)
• Vi Thornton in Geraldton for 15 years of service
• Elizabeth Lock, Laurie Parravicini and Michael O’Connell in
Bunbury for 10 years of service
• Michelle Webb in Albany for 10 years of service
We are so grapeful for your help!
Meet our Golden Girls!
The Golden Girls are a group of friends from the gym that
volunteer together in our community kitchen with Chef Grant.
“Our group is called the Golden Girls. We started volunteering
once a month in the kitchen, but we were so good that we ended
up coming in once a fortnight! We enjoy the company, the laughs
and the challenges of the meal. You’re exhausted at the end of
the day, but you leave knowing you’ve done some good.”
Food donations
make us Broc N’Roll
We rely on food donations from growers, producers,
supermarkets and community groups so we can distribute
it through our charity partners to West Aussies who need
it. A lot of the time it also saves it from landfill so it’s a
double win!
Thank you to some of our recent donations.
Left: General Mills delivered 4 pallets
of Old El Paso meal kits thanks to a
partnership with Foodbank Australia
and Nick Kyrgios.
Above: Local grower Joe helped keep
our chiller full of fresh fruit with his
donation of grapes.
Right: Corpus Christi College students
organised a food drive and donated
over 1,700kg of canned food.
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Delivering fresh fruit
to our kids
Our Perth Airport School Fruit van delivers free fruit to over 75
schools each week so kids can enjoy fresh fruit throughout the week.
Last year we delivered over 150,000 pieces of fruit!
Thanks to the many people who make this a reality for West Aussie
kids. Local growers donate the food, our amazing volunteers pack
the boxes each week and drivers who deliver the fruit to the schools.
Thank you also to Perth Airport and Stan Perron Charitable
Foundation for supporting the program and helping keep tummies
nice and full.
Rio Tinto gives
110,000+ meals
Rio Tinto gave a generous donation raised through the
corporate golf day and trivia night. This is more than
110,000 meals for West Aussies who need it.
Their projects team, showing off their amazing project
management skills, packed a record-breaking 13 pallets of
hampers and 3 large crates filled with breakfast packs in
just 1 day!
Thanks Rio Tinto we think you are mint!
AIM WA
continues training
partnership with
Foodbank WA
We are incredibly grapeful to the Australian Institute
of Management in Western Australia (AIM WA)
who have continued their training partnership with
Foodbank WA. AIM WA provides staff members with
complimentary training so we can continue to learn,
innovate and be more efficient as we work towards our
vision of ending hunger in Western Australia by 2030. “At Foodbank WA we connect daily with Aboriginal people and
community organisations and our genuine intent is to see our First
Last year through the partnership 24 staff members
Nations people thrive. During COVID-19 we engaged with many more
were able to attend 55 hours of training.
Aboriginal community organisations, from metro to remote WA, that
Andrew Wilkinson, Foodbank WA’s Partnership we previously had no contact with. As a priority we must elevate our
and Development Manager recently attended AIM connections even further and this course provides great background for
WA’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural all staff so we can continuously improve our services and programs across
Awareness training. this entire vast State.”
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Meal planning on a budget
It doesn’t have to be hard to prepare healthy nutritious meals on a budget. Try these 5 tips for a
nutritious and enjoyable meal planning and preparation experience.
1. Cook up a storm with friends or family members, or cook in bulk and swap leftovers with a
friend. You can then store a good variety of healthy frozen meals. Did you know that most
purchased frozen meals are high in salt and low in vegetables?
2. Always have a packet of frozen veggies in your freezer. They are already prepared, easy to
portion and can help to reduce food waste. Add them to eggs to make a delicious frittata, mix
them with rice to make a stir-fry, or add them to your plate once your meat is cooked.
3. Plan your meals ahead of time to reduce food waste and increase motivation levels.
4. Eating toast for dinner because you can’t be bothered? Add a poached egg and smashed peas
or avocado on top, or add some baked beans and fried up tomatoes and mushrooms to make it
tastier and healthier!
5. Use a sandwich press as your main cooking appliance. You can easily cook chicken kebabs, a
salmon fillet or marinated chicken breast on it. So easy to clean and cooks on both sides at
once – quick AND healthy!
Our Community Kitchen has cooked
over 300,000 meals
Our Community Kitchen prepares affordable, nutritious, Since opening its doors, the kitchen has helped reduce our
frozen meals for people vulnerable to or experiencing food food waste from 11% to just 4%, by giving the food that we
insecurity and is a hive of activity every week of the year. rescue a third life.
Volunteers work together with Chef Grant to prepare, cook In March 2021, our Community Kitchen reached an amazing
and package frozen meals for West Aussies in need. milestone of preparing over 300,000 meals!
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Try our great recipe
Butter-less Chicken Serve with cooked
brown or basmati
Ingredients Equipment rice and fresh coriander
1 brown onion Knife
Spray oil Chopping boards
2 garlic cloves Frypan
1 broccoli Cup measures
1 red capsicum Spoon measures
1 cup frozen peas
Can opener
2 chicken breasts (500g)
Large bowl
2 teaspoons garam masala
Small bowl
2 teaspoons chicken stock powder
2 tablespoons tomato paste Spoon
1 tablespoon cornflour
1 cup water
375mL can light evaporated milk
1 cup reduced fat Greek yoghurt
How to make it
1. Finely dice onion and garlic. 2. Spray frypan with oil and turn 3. Add garam masala and stock
Chop whole broccoli and red onto medium heat. Cook onion powder, stir for 1 minute.
capsicum into small pieces. and garlic for 2 minutes. Add tomato paste and
Cut chicken into small pieces. Add chicken. 1 cup water and stir through.
Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes.
Serves Cooking time
4-6
30
Cost per serve Veg per serve
4. In a small bowl mix cornflour 5. Add capsicum, broccoli and frozen $3.50 3
and evaporated milk and add to peas, cook for 5 minutes.
pan stirring continuously for two Turn frypan off, wait 5 minutes,
minutes. then stir through yoghurt.
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