FareShare, formerly known as One Umbrella, is a non profit organisation working to fight hunger by providing free, healthy meals for the homeless and hungry. We use surplus food, donated by Melbourne businesses, that would have otherwise ended up in landfill. Committed volunteers then turn good fresh ingredients into nutritious emergency relief meals. These are then distributed by 50 welfare agencies operating food banks, homeless shelters and soup kitchens. We run a very lean operation and all of our meals are given free to charities, so we need to raise funds to employ chefs to oversee our volunteer cooks, and drivers to collect food and distribute meals.

We have just moved into a larger kitchen in Abbotsford and aim to give away one million meals each year. However, this significant growth means we need to raise more funds each year to run our kitchen, collect donated food and deliver free meals to charities.

• Employ two professional chefs to oversee 2000 volunteers a year
• Employ a driver to collect donated food and deliver meals to emergency relief agencies
• Pay running costs to keep our 2 refrigerated vans on the road
• Cover the costs of running a small commercial kitchen

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Contact details for this appeal:
Mr Marcus Godinho
CEO
Telephone: 03 9428 0044
Email: marcus.godinho@fareshare.net.au
Website: www.fareshare.net.au

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