As
volunteers gathered together recently, we spent some time looking back and
celebrating what we, as a relatively young charity, have achieved together so
far.
We are
thankful first of all, for each other as volunteers. Foodbank is truly the
community helping the community and we celebrate all those involved. This
includes each of the volunteers meeting clients week by week and also the many
people involved whose faces you may not see because they are working diligently
behind the scenes; processing vouchers in the office, delivering food in the
van or sorting deliveries at our warehouse. There are also more than one
hundred people who host a collection box and many, many more who donate food.
We’re also thankful to each of the assessing agencies who give out vouchers. It
was good to be reminded of the huge number of people working together to help
local people who are in crisis and who need emergency food.
There is
truly much to be celebrated in how we have been able to respond to need, yet
still much to grieve over as we reflect that food poverty should not be a part
of anyone's life.
