Foodbank Heroes

Hundreds of people have given their time to fundraise for Foodbank NSW & ACT or donated time and resources to help solve the hunger crisis in Australia. We profiled a few of them here so you can get to know their stories. They’re our Foodbank Heroes and they inspire us every day. We hope they inspire you too!

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Team RSVP Joins Together to Fight Hunger

February 10, 2016

Team RSVP is a group of 4 friends Raveena, Sangeeta, Vikashni and Payal who got together to make difference in their community. After much planning, they held several events in September, and raised 504 kilograms of food and $174.70 funds for Foodbank NSW & ACT. Their combined effort equated to nearly 1,500 meals that would go to feed children, low-income families, […]

Foodbank Finds out How Much ADM Cares

January 23, 2016

Foodbank NSW & ACT recently received a generous $6,306.74 donation from Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM). ADM, one of the world’s largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers, raised the money through a team fundraising walk in Sydney. ADM Account Manager and event organiser Fabian Barcelo said ADM encourages community giving through its ADM Cares […]

Salesforce and Pardot Help Foodbank NSW & ACT Feed 500 Families at Christmas

November 13, 2015

As the Salesforce Advantage Tour recently hit our region, a very special opportunity came about for Foodbank NSW & ACT. That opportunity was partnering with one of our loyal supporters, Salesforce, to prepare Christmas Hampers for those less fortunate. As part of the tour in Sydney attendees were asked to help pack some of the hampers which were sponsored […]

Primary School Students Feed Hundreds through the Big Breakfast

November 8, 2015

When primary school students Joey and Harry realised that millions of Australians go hungry every year and many of them are kids, who go without breakfast, they decided to do something about it. Their solution was to involve their school, Coogee Public, to host a Big Breakfast and aim raise $2,500 for Foodbank NSW & ACT […]

ASSA ABLOY Open the Door for Foodbank to Rescue More Food

September 12, 2015

What better way to fight hunger than spending the day donating time and resources to help Foodbank NSW & ACT build the new distribution centre? Well that’s exactly what the team from ASSA ABLOY did! The staff gave up their Saturday and got their Foodbank purple on to install spacer frames for the freezer doors which […]

City2Surf 2015: Conquered by Team Foodbank!

August 20, 2015

On a chilly winter’s morning, our dedicated team of 12 Hunger Fighters took their places alongside over 81,000 others at the starting line of the 2015 Sun-Herald City2Surf. Team Foodbank was a mix of staff and our supporters all out there to raise awareness and support for Foodbank NSW & ACT and to achieve some […]

Sydney School Students Help Storm Victims Rebuild with Food Drive

July 19, 2015

A group of students from St Johns High School in South West Sydney, recently completed a food drive for the flood effected families after the devastating NSW storms. The students under the encouragement of their teacher Soo Yon Waesch and the Principal Sue French, were committed to the urgency of the situation and responded quickly […]