FOOD SHORTAGE AT ASYLUM SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE
The ASRC is experiencing a food shortage because the two largest
providers of food, Foodbank Victoria and Victorian Relief Committee, are
unable to meet current demands.
The Foodbank at the Footscray ASRC is the largest in Australia for
asylum seekers and provides food to over 1300 asylum seekers a month
(over 12,000 food parcels in the past year). There is an ever
increasing demand on the Foodbank due to the East Timorese losing their
entitlements and the closing of the Western Migrant Resource Centre.
The ASRC is looking for food donors who can contribute on a regular
basis. The ASRC is also looking for volunteers to do food aid
fundraising.
How to Donate Food
Donations can be taken to the ASRC at 207-211 Nicholson Street Footscray
anytime Mondays to Fridays from 10am to 5pm and on Wednesday evenings
between 6.30pm and 9.30pm.
Examples of items needed at ASRC:
Fresh Fruit Fresh Vegetables
Canned Fruit Cheese
Canned Veggies Long Life Milk
Breakfast Cereals Tea
Pasta Coffee
Spaghetti Margarine
Pasta Sauces Spices
Canned Tuna Dried Peas
Canned Salmon Soup Mix
Plain Biscuits (Crackers) Vegetable Oil
Savoury Biscuits Lentils
Sweet Biscuits Flour
Chickpeas Salt
Sugar Rice
Sauces (soy,tomato) Broad Beans
Semolina Peanut Butter
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Toiletries
Toothpaste Shampoo
Conditioner Razors
Toilet Paper Sanitary Pads
Soap Nappies
How to become a food aid fundraiser
Contact the Co-ordinator at the ASRC, Kon Karapanagiotidis, email: =
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