Wellington City Mission

Media Release

For distribution Wednesday 12 June 2013

The Mission’s Brown Paper Bag winter food collection is on again between 13 and 28 June

This is The Mission’s seventh Brown Paper Bag mid-year food appeal, and as always, Greater Wellington is encouraged to get behind this event. On Thursday 13 June, 55,000 Dominion Post newspapers will have an environmentally-friendly special Mission Brown Paper Bag tucked inside. Between 13 and 28 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:

Cereals
Spreads
Canned fish/meat
Muesli bars
Small packets of raisins
Tinned Spaghetti
Tinned fruit
Tinned or dried vegetables
Meals in a can
Pasta sauces
Biscuits and crackers
Soup
Baby food
Milk powder
Sugar
Teabags
Toilet rolls
Toothpaste and toothbrushes
Washing powder
Soap

Wellington City Mission CEO Michelle Branney says ‘The Mission provides services to address the difficulties that people experience arising from poverty.  These manifest themselves as unemployment, isolation, debt, accommodation issues, addictive behaviour and family difficulties.  The Mission uses a holistic approach offering a variety of services and supports, including our Foodbank programme. Short term food parcel support and budgeting advice for the individuals and families we serve helps them return to a financially sustainable position. 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 15 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; Z Energy; Signature – the promotional product specialists; PwC; The Dominion Post and Wellpack for their enduring support.

More information available online at www.wellingtoncitymission.org.nz.

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