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The Food Bank featured in Sin Ming Ri Bao newspaper
The Food Bank Singapore was recently featured in Xin Ming Ri Bao.
Month: December 2021
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400 volunteers pitch in to pack meals for victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan
pitch in to pack meals for victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan
More than 400 volunteers spent their Sunday packing 15,000 meal packets, which would feed nearly 100,000, for victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
The Masaya (which means “happy” in Tagalog) Meals Campaign was organised by the Food Bank Singapore (FBS). The event was also featured in The Straits Times.
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Don’t throw away your CNY goodies, donate them!
away your CNY goodies, donate them!
We collected from than 1,500 tins of festive goodies at The Food Bank Singapore’s first donation drive featuring Chinese New Year (CNY) goodies! The most common items given up were cookies and tarts which were distributed to 137 beneficiaries including children’s homes and family service centers. The CNY donation drive was featured in The Straits Times.
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AUGUSTMAN A-List Cookout
Want to pitch in for a good cause? Join @AUGUSTMAN this 5th December at The Refinery for a night of good food and music as we raise funds for a fresh food truck designed to feed the underprivileged.Purchase your tickets on which are redeemable for food cooked by our friends from The Refinery, The Tuckshop and My Awesome Cafe.
Event starts 7.00pm onwards with lucky draw prizes worth over $5,000 to be won! More info at www.augustman.com/cookout.
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Food Bank Singapore collects 8 truckloads of excess food at food show
collects 8 truckloads of excess food at food show
At the mammoth Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) exhibition on the 8th to 11th April 2014, Food Bank Singapore collected eight truckloads of excess food worth nearly $100,000. This is the first time that the food bank has salvaged excess food at a food exhibition and it is looking forward to doing so at other such shows.
Even though there were a lot of meats and seafood on display, the food bank understood the sensitivity of handling these products as there were challenges to handle, transport and distribute them in good time. Because of this, the food bank collected mainly non-perishable items such as packaged goods like biscuits, crackers, tidbits, juices, frozen confectionery like donuts, muffins, cakes, breads and even some cheeses that are seldom seen in the market!
There was a huge variety of brands and products collected and volunteers would sort the collected foods to check expiry dates and the condition of the products.
The excess foods were collected and distributed daily to those who could collect them. Some beneficiaries had arranged for their volunteers to help out and come down on Friday to pick out and collect the items that they wanted. The balance that could not be given out was taken back to the Food Bank Singapore’s warehouse to be shared with the other beneficiaries.
“Not only did we reduce food wastage but these premium foods have benefitted many of our member beneficiaries. FHA has given us exposure to 10 halls of potential donors and raised awareness of our organisation. We are grateful and happy to be able to work with Singapore Exhibition Services on FHA 2014,” said Nichol Ng, Co-founder of Food Bank Singapore”.
The Food & Hotel Asia 2014 has been a great opportunity for the food bank to share what we do and spread the news on reducing food wastage and channelling them to better use.
The Food Bank Singapore would like to thank the many volunteers and beneficiaries that chipped in to help us with our inaugural exhibition! Thank you!