Over 124 tonnes of donations
Loads of Love delivers food to 1500 families in need
2020 may have been a year most people would rather like to forget, but it has become one to remember and celebrate for one Toowoomba-based organisation, as Loads of Love celebrates its biggest combined donation weight in the 11 year history.
COVID did not stop the wider Queensland community from digging deep and contributing to the Christmas appeal with a whopping 28,000 kilograms of food reaching 5500 individuals in need last December.
“The community clearly rose to the challenge we presented them last year, and we are so grateful for this continued generosity,” Loads of Love founder and community engagement officer at Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland Matt Gregg said.
“We had a target of collecting 25 tonnes in 2019, and we managed to just exceed that goal, and then in 2020 we received even more donations again with another 3000 kilograms, which brings the total amount of donated food since 2009 to 124,000 kilograms
which is just amazing and hard to believe sometimes.”
Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland CEO Derek Tuffield was proud to announce last year’s campaign had managed to help 1500 families across the
Darling Downs, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast, well exceeding Load of Love’s initial goal of 1000 families.
“It’s something Lifeline is exceptionally proud of since we assisted by taking on the Loads of Love initiative in
2018, and we’ve even started a five year strategic plan to look at rolling out this campaign nationwide, but for now we just hope to deliver even more food to those in need in 2021.
“As we like to say, every kilo makes a difference.”