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As Christmas has been rapidly approaching, the team at Foodbank has been busy organising our annual Christmas Hamper program, where we pack and distribute 10,000 hampers for struggling families across the state. Since October, 23 South Australian companies have volunteered their services for a morning to pack all of these hampers, proving once again how […]

The festive season is upon us, and while some of us are shopping for gifts or planning a few days away, some families just want to be able to put food on the table. Too many people won’t have enough food this Christmas. Especially in regional areas, they are doing it tough. It only takes a couple of […]

This year ABC & Romeo’s Foodland Stores have chosen to support Foodbank to ensure that no one feels hungry this Christmas. Our goal was to put an additional 50,000 meals on the table of those in need this Christmas. A Christmas food drive and coin collection has been held via various outlets across South Australia. […]

AUFC GAME DAYS – Share what you can! We are excited to announce that Foodbank will be at the AUFC A–League game against Melbourne City on Sunday 16 December 2018. AUFC & Foodbank will call on South Australians to ‘Share What You Can’ this Christmas at the Adelaide United Game held 16 December. Supporters will […]

The Foodbank SA Christmas Hamper Packing Program is almost over for another year having commenced in the Edwardstown warehouse in mid-October. This year we have had 22 Corporate Groups participating with 264 of their staff volunteering at our Edwardstown Warehouse for the 4 hourly sessions. Corporate Groups use this opportunity as a team building activity […]

Port Adelaide Football Club (PAFC) & Australian Gas Networks (AGN) has helped to put an additional 27,000 meals on the tables of vulnerable South Australians this Christmas. PAFC along with AGN partnered for the “Goals to End Hunger” campaign with $100 donated to Foodbank for every home goal scored by the Power at the Adelaide Oval […]

Richard Gunner’s Fine Meats is one of our newest supporters with Feast! Fine Foods and The Meat Market stores hosting our Tap & Go machines – just in time for our Christmas Appeal! To donate at their stores is simple, just a tap of your card in store and this will put ten meals on the table of vulnerable South Australians in […]

The sixth annual Foodbank Hunger Report was released in October and highlights the hidden hunger crisis in Australia. In South Australia we have seen a 14% increase in the need for food relief over the last 12 months. Foodbank SA is currently providing more than 117,000 South Australians with food relief every month. One third […]

Rebecca is a client of our Mt Gambier Food Hub and currently accesses the service on a weekly basis. A mum to two growing teenagers, Rebecca was referred to the Food Hub needing some additional support. “It’s hard to manage most of the time but I’m trying to survive and do what I can to […]

On the 11th October, Foodbank staff and board members gathered at Government House to thank our charity partners for the work they do in being at the forefront of food relief provision in South Australia. Foodbank currently provides food to 586 welfare agencies ranging from large, well established charities to small community groups. In common they all […]