It’s been a busy fifteen months getting Food Rescue started but the achievements to date have been outstanding.
Thanks to the help of Lotterywest in obtaining our premises, we now have an office and a warehouse. Kerry Chong Design, David Reid Painters, Polyflor, Doman Interiors, Zenith Furniture, World Wide Upholstery, WASP signage and Chair Solutions have all been invaluable in changing an industrial unit into a bright, modern workspace for staff and volunteers.
As it’s essential for our work to be able to pick up fresh food on-site and deliver it quickly and safely, chilled vans are a must. Ausdrill, GR Engineering and Argonaut Securities have donated three new refrigerated Mercedes vans including maintenance and costs to operate and fuel over the coming four years. Getting in and around of the city is tricky at the best of times so we’re also looking forward to our cargo bikes for pickups from CBD businesses.
We’re also just about to have a cool room installed at our premises. The new cool room, generously sponsored by the Clayton Utz Foundation, will help store an oversupply of fresh produce and food rescued from market days before being repackaged and distributed. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to store fresh and perishable foods and it would go to waste. We have 75 amazing volunteers registered with Food Rescue, mainly all assisting with our market days and actual food rescue activity throughout the week. We’ve been overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of people to get on board and help Food Rescue.
This is just part of the support Food Rescue has received and help us on our way to helping those in need by rescuing fresh, nutritious food.
