World Food Day
Three Soroptimists from the Cannock & District Club dedicated their time in collecting donations for Cannock Food Bank for World Food Day on 16th October 2023. For three weeks, Jill, Adrienne and June collected items generously donated by the general public. Posters were made and placed outside their homes for donations to be made. The response was overwhelming: in total a huge amount of 535 items were donated. Included was: tinned vegetables, meat, soup, fish, baked beans, fruit and puddings; pasta, pasta sauce, cereal, milk, coffee and tea. These items were delivered to the Food Bank on Monday 16th October by our three Soroptimists. Vicky from Cannock Food Bank said, “This help from the Soroptimists is just wonderful”. The food bank hands out up to a ton of food every single week. Pre-Covid, the food bank held approximately 12 tons of food at any one