Wellington Mission’s winter food collection is 14 to 29 June 2012

This is The Mission’s sixth Brown Paper Bag mid-year food appeal, and as always, Greater Wellington is encouraged to get behind this event. On Thursday 14 June, 55,000 Dominion Post newspapers will have an environmentally-friendly Mission Brown Paper Bag tucked inside. Between 14 and 29 June, The Mission is asking people to please fill the bag up with non-perishable grocery items and drop it in to any of the following places:

• Z Energy and Shell sites throughout Greater Wellington (look out for the yellow wheelie bin inside each store)
• Countdown Wainuiomata, 12 The Strand, Wainuiomata
• Karori Community Centre, 7 Beauchamp Street, Karori
• The Mission, 200 Riddiford Street, Newtown
• The Mission, 125-137 Johnsonville Road, Johnsonville
• Kemp Home & Hospital, 21 Te Pene Avenue, Titahi Bay, Porirua

The most useful grocery items for The Mission through this winter food collection are:

Cereal
Pasta and Sauces
Meals in a can
Soup
Canned or dried vegetables
Canned fish or meat
Tinned fruit
Spreads
Biscuits and crackers
Baby food
Tinned baked beans or spaghetti
Milk powder
Sugar
Teabags
Toilet rolls
Toothpaste and toothbrushes
Soap
Washing powder

Wellington City Missioner, Rev Susan Blaikie says ‘The Mission provides weekly food parcels to individuals and families we serve while helping them return to a financially sustainable position through our budget advice service. It is a great privilege and joy to see the look of relief when we tell those we serve that we will supplement their weekly food shop for a short time with a food parcel. It is the most basic right of all people to receive daily bread, and to provide meals to those who depend on them such as children, teenagers or seniors. Our Foodbank not only provides food for nutrition; it breaks the cycle of feeling isolated, unheard, anxious or left out. In contributing to our Brown Paper Bag winter food collection, you’re providing for a very real need to those in our neighbourhoods who are at risk or struggling’.

A team of Official Wellington City Mission Collectors will also be placed at approved supermarkets and malls throughout Greater Wellington on Saturday 16 June accepting donations of food and money.

Please show your support for those who are going through a tough time, by helping The Mission collect food this winter. And remember – people don’t need to have a special Mission Brown Paper Bag to make a food donation – any bag will do!

The Wellington City Mission would like to thank event partners The Breeze; PwC; The Dominion Post, Z Energy and wellpack.
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