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Shelves going empty as FoodShare seeks help

By Robert Muir

Sep 17, 2024

Moira FoodShare Coordinator James Rouel and volunteer co-ordinator Laura Chatfield … food supplies are running low.

Moira FoodShare is launching its first public community fundraising campaign ‘Mission 250’.

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Food supplies are increasingly difficult for Moira FoodShare to source. Operational costs continue to rise. Demand for its service continues to grow in all towns.

“These three factors place exceptional pressure on the capacity of MHA CARE to deliver such an important program,” Moira FoodShare Coordinator James Rouel told the Yarrawonga Chronicle.

“Mission 250 aims to find 250 Moira FoodShare patrons across the Moira and Berrigan Shires each willing to contribute just $10 a month, or $2.50 a week – less that a cup of coffee.”

This would result in Moira FoodShare raising $30,000 over 12 months to purchase additional food and support the operational costs.

The program is set up through PayPal, 100% tax deductible and easily accessed from the Moira FoodShare Webpage (below).

You can help by:

Print out the flyer and put up in our office or any noticeboards you know of.
Share this information with other community groups in your town you are part of.
Get in touch with your local media and ask them to ensure they publish our campaign.
Tell people about our goal and what it will enable Moira FoodShare to do.
Share on your social media accounts (Moira FoodShare).
Spread the word that every dollar stays local and helps support a local.

“We’d greatly appreciate the public’s support to help people get by in these increasingly difficult times,” Mr Rouel said.