The story of the Healesville Primary School’s food drive for a local charity and welfare organisation reached the other side of the outer east and inspired further support.
HICCI received a very generous donation from Outer East Foodshare.
Outer East Foodshare is a not-for-profit organisation run by a volunteer board based in Wantirna, providing a conduit between food rescue organisations, and a number of local emergency food relief agencies within the outer east region.
HICCI executive officer Alison Gommers said Di from Outer East Foodshare contacted her and asked if HICCI would be interested in receiving some flour, sugar and rice.
“She mentioned that she had heard about the food drive that the Healesville Primary School runs from her grandchildren who attend the school,” she said.
“They came out with loads of 25kg bags of flour, rice and sugar. That was amazing generosity.”
HICCI appreciated the support from Healesville Primary School and Outer East Foodshare.
Ms Gommers said Healesville Primary School has been promoting HICCI, and seeking donations of food items, pantry items and toiletries.
“Families have been donating items and the school came out last week with a huge amount of items,” she said.
“That’s been amazing, especially in wintertime. We’re getting people coming in because it’s cold, they’ve got extra expenses with eating. So we’re able to pass on these items to people in need of our assistance,”
“We’re encouraging people to come in and see us if they need. There’s no judgement and we’re here to help. Our Emergency Relief Program has undergone a review recently, so from the first of July, we’ll do things a bit differently. We’re looking at offering more to our families and people that come in to see us.”
