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Thursday, 3 August, 2017
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Charity Provides Free Food
q Retired Chef Les White serving up hot meals to all who come through in winter. Photo by Marian Sampson
By Marian SAMPSON THERE’S no doubt that no matter where you go in Australia you will find some families struggling to put food on the table. Winter is a hard time, bills increase and for pensioners, or those with large families, it can be a difficult time to make ends meet. Food Care at Salamander Bay is run by The Rock Church and offers cheap groceries and free fruit, vegetable and bread to those who need it most. All you need to show is your health care card or pension card to access the service. Janelle Foster, who coordinates the program, told
News Of The Area, “No one leaves Food Care without food.” “Volunteers and those who attend the weekly Food Care Program also gain companionship and build relationships which are important.” “Food Care is not a hand out, it’s about giving people that need it a leg up,” she said. Most single pensioners are struggling to pay for a one-bedroom unit, cover the bills and then put food on the table. Bread is donated by Woolworths and local bakeries including the Seabreeze Bakery, while fruit and vegetables are donated by Oz Harvest, and some
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DANGER
By Marian SAMPSON THE
South
WEEKLY
Community Association has achieved plenty since its inception.
Tomaree
The group, formed in 2015, was successful in saving 23 hectares of
bushland between Anna Bay
and Fishermans Bay that was to be developed by Urban Growth.
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