AROUND NEW SOUTH WALES, PEOPLE ARE DOING IT TOUGH. EVERY WEEK THEY'RE TURNING TO US IN DESPERATE NEED.
They’re families with a roof over their heads, but an empty fridge by Wednesday. Young people who are skipping meals until payday. Mums pretending they’re not hungry so they can feed their kids.
Every hamper, delivered by a Vinnies NSW volunteer, is more than a box of food and essentials – it’s relief, comfort and care.
The cost of living has never hit harder, more people than ever before, in almost every neighbourhood, are going without dinner tonight. Rent comes first. So do the power bills and the kids' school costs. When the money runs out, the food is what goes.
A Vinnies hamper means they don't have to skip another meal. A week of pantry staples, like canned tuna, pasta, rice and cereal, carried to the door by a Vinnies NSW volunteer who stays for a chat.
You’re helping stock a neighbour’s empty cupboard. And showing a family in your own community they're not facing this alone.
FEED A HUNGRY FAMILY THIS WEEK.
THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS IS LEAVING MORE AUSTRALIANS WITHOUT FOOD.
$204
average weekly grocery spend - 39% rank it a top-3 stressor.
1 in 3
Australian households (3.5m) hit food insecurity last year.
68%
of single-parent households are now food insecure.
GIVE A HAMPER OF CARE TODAY
"Sometimes it means two-minute noodles for a few days, because my daughters need antibiotics. If I must go without, I will."
