On Thursday 9th November Nigel Currey from Selby Food Bank came to school to talk to the children about the support given by the foodbank and how it goes about it. Nigel brought in 2 bags of donated food and explained to the children how this was the amount of food that is given to one person to sustain them for a three to five-day period. He explained how the food is organised and distributed in the Foodbank and how the volunteers work tirelessly, not only to stock the shelves and distribute the food but also to offer advice to customers regarding what benefits they may be entitled to claim. Over 90% of the food distributed by the Trussell Network on behalf of the foodbank is donated by the public. Many thanks to all of our families, whose contributions will be much appreciated by customers of Selby & District Foodbank
Nigel Currey, Chairman of Trustees for Selby and District Foodbank said,
“We depend very heavily on donations from local people and this years’ Harvest Festival donations have been amazing. We are grateful for donations of food from many Schools including the three in your federation. Many thanks to all those involved who donated as part of the Harvest celebration. As demand at Foodbank increases, donations of both food and money from School and Church Harvest Festivals boost our stocks to enable our volunteers us to meet this demand. We have several Harvest Festival donations still to collect and we appreciate the efforts of all who have given so much to us in the past few weeks and for that still to be collected. Well done everyone.”
