Donate Money to Feed Melbourne
Donate Food to Feed Melbourne

The Feed Melbourne campaign aims to raise $1 million to help charities collect, store and distribute food to Victorians who are doing it tough.

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Leader Community Newspapers, FareShare and Do Something are pleased to launch Feed Melbourne.
From June 1 we are asking the public to donate money to help food charities rescue fresh food that is thrown into landfill.
The recession and rising food prices are affecting people’s ability to put food on the family table. Hard-working Australians are finding themselves out of a job and unable to feed their families. As a result, the number of Victorians turning to food charities is increasing sharply.

We need your help to assist:

  1. Victoria’s hungry
    It is estimated up to 370,000 Victorians – including children going to school without breakfast, the working poor, people who have lost their jobs, single-parent families, the elderly, frail, unemployed and the sick—will run out of food at some point this year and be unable to afford their next meal..
  2. Food charities
    Charities are being inundated by people needing help but don’t have the capacity to accept and store more donated food to feed them. They need fridges, freezers and cool rooms to be able to accept more produce and feed more people.

WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO?

Charities are invited to nominate for a $10,000 Feed Melbourne award. A judging panel will decide which charities best meet the award criteria of using the money to increase their ability to collect, store and distribute donated food. All of the $1 million raised will be given back to suitable charities.