Summer Holiday Lunches

 

The absence of a free school meal during the six week school holiday can be a very difficult time for some families. Once again this year we have, in conjunction with the schools in our area, offered to provide food to enable the children to be fed a meal to replace that normally provided by the school. The food provided will be sufficient for three hot meals and two packed lunches per week throughout the holiday. It could be as many as 50 families needing this support.

We seek your help in donating suitable food to help us meet this need.

The items particularly needed are –

– Tinned Meatballs

– Tinned Ham

– Tinned Spaghetti Bolognaise

– Tinned Chilli

– Tinned Ravioli

– Tinned Custard

– Tinned Fruit

– Tinned Rice Pudding

– Fruit pies

– Chocolate snack bars

– Crisps

– Small cartons of fruit juice

– Bottles of Cordial

– Jam

– Jars of meat paste

Your donations can be placed in the collecting bins in Tesco and Sainsbury’s in Whitchurch or the Co-op in Wem. Donations can also be brought direct to the Foodbank at Bargates Hall on a Tuesday or a Friday (09.30-11.30).

If you would prefer to donate money for us to purchase necessary items then please make cheques payable to Whitchurch Foodbank and forwarded to Whitchurch Foodbank, Bargates Hall, Church Street, Whitchurch SY13 1LB. You can also donate online through the ‘Give Help’ then ‘Donate Money’ pages on this website.

The food will be issued on two occasions 19 July and 9 August so donations before those dates would be particularly helpful.

Your support is much appreciated.