Foodbank Support

State Campfire

what we did

Willetton Nova Girl Guides and Rossmoyne Shelley Black Swan Girl Guides worked together to collect cans and other nonperishable items for Foodbank WA as their combined service project. We hope that our collection considerably helps the vulnerable in WA. By Amy Gauntlett, 12

Filling our boxes with donations

At the beginning of term, we decorated boxes at Guides, which we took home. We collected items in our own time. Some of the ways we gathered items for Foodbank WA were: collecting from our own pantries, asking our friends at school, asking at school assemblies, supervised door-knocking around our neighbourhood and our local area, making notices and putting them up at shops or on social media, and collecting from parents' workplaces and sport clubs. As we collected the products, we brought them to our weekly meetings. By the end of the term the two Units had collect 1036 products, weighing almost 400kg! By Rebekah Gauntlett, 10

A collection to be proud of

Many families and individuals have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis and they are relying on Foodbank donations to feed themselves and their families. We collected food and hygiene products such as canned foods, long life milk, pasta and rice, tea and coffee, cereal, washing products, toilet paper, dental products and many more items. During COVID-19, people were also stocking up on food since they had to go into lockdown. Lots of that food didn’t get used and went to Foodbank. We got more food through family, friends, the community, work and school friends. We also got more items by social media and groups. When we were collecting the food, we were being very safe by social distancing, and washing or sanitising our hands. Our goal was to get 600 items, but we got way more than that and we were happy to support Foodbank, as we have learnt a lot about it. We have had fun doing this project, as we know that we have been helping many Australians who need the food. By Heidi Herd-Bond, 13

Have you ever wondered what weighs 366kg?

Well, if you have, here are some answers. Half a blue whale’s heart, two panda bears, 1.5 motorcycles and the weight of the donations that the Rossmoyne Shelley Black Swan Girl Guides and Willetton Nova Girl Guides donated to Foodbank Western Australia in 2020! In case you don’t know, Foodbank WA is an organisation that encourages volunteer groups to collect and donate unwanted food. Foodbank WA helps over 815,000 people every year. During this hard time many people have lost their jobs and can’t afford to buy food. Food we collected included microwaveable sticky date pudding, packaged items like chips and cans of baked beans, pineapple and tuna. Another thing that Foodbank has recently discovered is that one in four women have experienced food insecurity in Australia. Foodbank steps in when these kind of things happen. Foodbank kindly gives the food to people in need. After our Guide Leaders, Dingo, Numbat, Bumblebrii and Sunflower heard about this, they decided that it would be a great idea for us to help out...and we certainly did!!!