Two dollars is all that’s required from those Illawarra residents who want to do their bit to help feed the needy this winter.
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Statistics show that each year two million Australians struggle to put food on the table.
National charity SecondBite has been doing its best to reduce this number by redistributing surplus fresh food to Australian families in need.
Coles is also helping the charity, with its Wollongong, Figtree, Thirroul, Corrimal, Dapto, Warrawong and Shellharbour stores raising money for SecondBite until August 2.
As part of the five-week campaign, Illawarra residents can buy a $2 SecondBite donation card at Coles to help to deliver the equivalent of five healthy meals to Australian families doing it tough.
The fundraising comes as Coles supermarkets reaches a new milestone, donating the equivalent of 30 million meals in five years to people doing it tough across Australia.
‘’Too many people in our communities don’t have enough food to eat and are not able to afford healthy meals on a daily basis,’’ Coles general manager Thinus Keeve said.
‘’We hope that through our surplus fresh food donations and the support from our local customers, we can make a real difference to people doing it tough this winter.’’
In the last year Coles at Corrimal has donated the equivalent of around 88,000 meals to local people in need.
Through its partnership with national fresh-food rescue organisation SecondBite, the Corrimal Coles store has donated more than 44,000 kilograms of surplus fresh fruit, vegetables and bakery items.
SecondBite CEO Jim Mullan said the organisation had partnered with Coles since November 2011 to rescue surplus fresh, nutritious food for people in need.
‘’By working together, SecondBite and Coles are providing enough fresh food for more than 23,000 nutritious meals every single day to children and families doing it tough across Australia,’’ he said.
The campaign for SecondBite will run in all Coles supermarkets from June 29 to August 2.
Visit secondbite.org/ for details.