Food Bank collection in Algarve supermarkets this weekend

Paul Rees 30 November 2018

FoodBankBag Portugal's Food Bank Against Hunger is launching an appeal across the nation this coming weekend, December 1st and 2nd, when 40,000 volunteers will be collecting food from customers in more than 2,000 supermarkets, 140 of them in the Algarve.

The campaign runs on until December 9th, on-line, (HERE) where people can donate money to help build up stocks of essentials for those that can’t afford them.

The Food Bank's goal is to encourage shoppers to buy a few extra items for those in need. This food then is sent to 21 Food Bank centres from where it is passed on to 2,600 grass roots organisations which distribute to those in the community that are in need.

As for the Algarve, the food bank commented as follows:

How many poor families benefit from the Food Bank in the Algarve?
15,500 people

Has the number of poor families declined last year?
We have 1,000 fewer than last year.

How many supermarkets will participate in the Algarve?
140 outlets

How many volunteers will participate in the Algarve?
There will be 2,500 volunteers

When did the food bank collections begin?
Food collection began in the first year that the Food Bank against Hunger Algarve was established, in 2007

What are the types of donations needed on December 1st and 2nd?
The necessary foods are non-perishable goods, e.g. milk, pasta, rice, olive oil, fish preserves, legumes, sausages, biscuits, cereals, flour and sugar.

The Algarve has two distribution centres, Portimão and Faro, which have benefitted in the past from the generosity of the Rotary e-Club Porches raising funds for a new forklift (HERE) and Rotary Club Estoi Palace donating funds for a new chilled truck for the Faro distribution centre (HERE), but it is the generosity of shoppers and online donors that enable the Food Bank centres to receive essential supplies in the pre-Christmas period, which, when distributed, often make the difference between going hungry and being able to make a meal, however rudimentary.

Comments

0 #3 Emma B 2018-12-04 16:51

Elspeth,
Which children's organisation in East Algarve benefit from the donations of sweet treats.

0 #2 elspeth flood 2018-12-03 17:02

St Luke´s Church, the eastern district of St Vincent´s Anglican Chaplaincy in the Algarve, gives regularly and generously to the Food Banks. I will check with my Local Junta de Fregueisia about the ultimate recipients of the donations. It is easier to be cynical than to give. Every Christmas we give Sweets and Treats to disadvantaged children in the Eastern Algarve, who don´t have much joy at Christmas. To join us, ring 925678951, an give by bank transfer or at our Carol Service.

+1 #1 Albu-fe-ira 2018-11-27 22:26

I remember frequenting a second hand furniture shop in Faro and parking was always pitiful, then one time later i went there again and there were parking spots everywhere, i remarked about this to the shop owner who told me, oh yes they closed the food bank next door, it seems they caught a very poor person who cannot afford to buy food but drive the latest BMW Suv, the shop owner was laughing as he said the person was denying theft as they were being questioned and photographed by the authorities, the food bank was shut down, it just never stops.

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