Ōmokoroa Foodbank
You will always be guaranteed a warm and welcoming smile when you visit the Ōmokoroa Foodbank. Run from the Ōmokoroa Community church, the foodbank provides food parcels to many families in need.
Christine Grainger has been making up the food parcels for the past four years. “In addition to parcels distributed from the church, we have always assisted our local Ōmokoroa Point School as they know which of their families need support. Halfway through 2021 we started to offer the same service to Ōmokoroa No. 1 School,” says Christine.
Every Thursday morning the Foodbank has a number of volunteers assisting with the produce we receive from Good Neighbour. The variety of produce is amazing and is made up of bread, salad greens, fruit, vegetables, milk and sometimes even eggs.
People do not need to make an appointment, they just come along and take what they need. One of our clients to us “It is not always easy to ask for help and we always feel so blessed by the encouragement and warmth we find when we come here on a Thursday morning.”
We are so grateful to Good Neighbour for this wonderful contribution to the Ōmokoroa Foodbank. We are also supported by Freshchoice, The Ōmokoroa Volunteer Fire Brigade, and of course, our wonderful community.
Rick Peers of Cyberlink organises the annual Food Drive on the second Tuesday of December and is supported by Freshchoice, the Lions Club, the Fire Brigade, NZ Police, Tall Poppy, Tremains, Active 8, Ōmokoroa Tennis Club as well as individual volunteers who assist with the collection. This well supported initiative provides the Foodbank with tinned foods as well as toiletries and cleaning supplies which are included in each food parcel.
If you are fit and able and would like to assist with this year’s Food Drive, please contact Rick Peers via rickpeers@gmail.com.
If you would like to donate to the Food Bank there is a collection point at Freshchoice Supermarket (near the front door), or at the Ōmokoroa Community Church.
Thank you to everyone for your ongoing support.