Wimbledon shoppers help feed the hungry
With generous support from Sainsburys and Zipcar

Local Wimbledon shoppers donated a generous 690 kilos of food – two thirds of a ton - to Wimbledon foodbank on Saturday to help feed local people facing crisis. A small army of volunteers including Zipcar employees gave their time to make the Sainsbury's supermarket collection in Wimbledon a fantastic success.

With a visit from the Mayor of Merton, Councillor Gilli Lewis- Lavender the event was given an extra boost and she was even on the tannoy asking people to donate!

The foodbank aims to help people through short term crisis by providing emergency food parcels. Wimbledon foodbank centre also provides support and signposting to help combat the long term problem.

All the food given out by the foodbank has been donated by the public, which makes collections like Saturdays so important. The foodbank wouldn't be able to run without public generosity.

Working with Sainsburys makes the task of collecting food very simple and with a van donated by Zipcar moving the food to the distribution centre was easy.

Wimbledon foodbank manager, Revd. Marcus Bennett, says;
'Wimbledon foodbank wants to say a big thank you to all those who gave their food or time on Saturday. It is hard to describe the difference giving a foodbox makes to parents whose children would otherwise go to bed hungry, and it is people like you who make this possible, thank you.'