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Port Phillip Gives - Donating Food
Please assist the following organisations by providing donations of food.
The following organisations will accept donations:
- Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project
- Ardoch Youth Foundation
- St Kilda Drop In Centre
- Sacred Heart Mission
- Ethnic Discussion Club Inc
- South Port Uniting Care
Brigidine Asylum Seeker Project
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| How you can Donate: |
Any non perishable food such as tea, sugar, coffee, milk (long life), rice, pasta, noodles, washing powder and shampoo.
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| What happens with your donation: |
All food goes to Asylum Seekers living in the local community.
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52 Beaconsfield Pde, Albert Park. IMPORTANT that you ring first please.
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Phone Catherine or Bridget on 9696 2107 to arrange drop off at the Project.
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Ardoch Youth Foundation
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| How you can Donate: |
Ardoch's centre based basic needs program and school based breakfast/lunch clubs, provide an invaluable service to the communtiy at large by assisting children, young people and their families who have critical needs.
Being able to provide students and their families with basic resources such as food, clothing, toiletries, stationery and blankets (etc.) when needed is vital in ensuring that young people can remain at school and that their families are supported through difficult times. It is essential to remember that every single person has the right to an adequate standard of living.
Ardoch Youth Foundation offers a range of donation drives for community supporters to conduct. Listed below are various donation drives that you or your organisation may like to become involved in:
- Baby Goods Drive - from nappies to non-perishable jars of baby food
- Grocery Drive - dry foods eg. pasta, rice, pre-prepared meal sachets;
- Breakfast Club Drive - cereals, breakfast bars, juice, condiments
- Can & Bottle Drive - non-perishable food items e.g. pasta sauces
- Toiletries Drive - personal hygiene items, cotton buds to deodorant
- Socks & Jocks Drive - new mens, womens, kids in various sizes
- Back to School - school lunch boxes, non-perishable snack foods
- Voucher Drive - bulk vouchers such as Met cards or food vouchers
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| What happens with your donation: |
Being able to provide students and their families with basic resources such as food, clothing, toiletries, stationery and blankets (etc.) when needed is vital in ensuring that young people can remain at school and that their families are supported through difficult times. It is essential to remember that every single person has the right to an adequate standard of living
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198 St Kilda Rd, St Kilda.
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St Kilda Drop In Centre
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| How you can Donate: |
The St Kilda Drop In Centre provides more than 9,000 lunches and 17,000 breakfasts per year for people living with psychiatric disability in the local community. The Drop In also provides showering and laundering facilities, as well as outings and activities.
Donations of the following would be greatly appreciated:
- Breakfast cereal
- Tea Bags
- Sugar
- Biscuits (sweet and savory)
- Chocolates
- Shampoo & Conditioner
- Toilet Paper
- Washing detergent
- Deodorant
- Shave Foam
- Disposable Razors
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| What happens with your donation: |
All donations will assist with the provision of basic needs to those in the local community living with psychiatric disability.
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101 Carlisle Street, St Kilda
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Sacred Heart Mission
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| How you can Donate: |
Non persishable food can be donated to the Mission for distributon to people living in poverty.
Larger donations of food (perishable and non - perishable) can be given to Sacred Heart Mission's meals program that provides over 400 hot lunches at lunchtime 365 days a year.
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| What happens with your donation: |
Non perishable food is distributed to people within the Port Phillip Community who are living in poverty.
Larger donations of perishable and non perishable foods will be used to feed over 400 people a day.
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87 Grey St, St Kilda
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Ethnic Discussion Club Inc
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| How you can Donate: |
Our members are elderly and some have serious disabilities. Food hampers and parcels are necessary and can be dropped off on the day of discussions (1st Monday of every month). They can also be delivered to Betty Day Centre at 67 Argyle St, St Kilda.
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| What happens with your donation: |
Food will be given to all participants during discussion and breaks.
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53 Tibrockney St, Highett
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South Port Uniting Care
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| How you can Donate: |
Drop food off at 319 Dorcas St or contact us to see if we can make other arrangements.
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| What happens with your donation: |
It is distributed through our emergency relief service to people living in the South and Port Melbourne area.
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319 Dorcas St, South Melbourne
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If you would like to be included in the listing, please email katec@ourcommunity.com.au
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