We acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Boon wurrung people, a part of the Kulin nation, and we pay our respect to their ancestors and their elders.
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Our purpose is to assist those in our local community
who are under financial stress and who struggle to put food on
their tables.
Food stocks are supplied by Parish donations, through Food for
All, (a service covering the whole of the Mornington Peninsula) and by
donations from local businesses and community groups.
Everyone is welcomed. The people who approach us for
assistance include:
Single Mums with children struggling
to survive on a pension. A few of these women have between 5-7 mouths to feed.
Most don’t own their own homes and therefore live in rented accommodation.
Those who do wonder how long they can keep paying the mortgage before their
homes are auctioned off.
Middle-aged men living in caravan
parks raising teen-aged children. Some are fortunate enough to live in rented
accommodation.
A few single men have approached us
for food assistance having been retrenched from their jobs and battling to find
work and sometimes accommodation. Usually these guys rely on their friends to
help them out in the meantime.
Aged and pensioners generally seek
our assistance because the pension rate doesn’t always sustain them.
Folk who attend our weekly Friday Club and who
are dealing with mental and emotional issues also require our help as most are
financially disadvantaged too.
Numbers of people coming rise during the
Autumn and Winter months. In the current economic climate
numbers continue to rise.
The only records kept are the names of those being
served.
These remain confidential and are not passed on to any third party or
other authority.
They are recorded purely to show trends in the numbers coming
to us on a daily, monthly or yearly basis and to ensure that the service is
accountable to those who make donations of goods or money.
