The Rotary Club of Airlie Beach is challenging local businesses and organisations to follow their lead and donate rent to the Whitsunday Foodbank in Proserpine.
This initiative comes after the Rotary Club donated $2000 to cover Foodbank’s rent for a one-month period.
The assistance was warmly received and has now inspired the Club to ask others to do the same.
The Whitsunday Foodbank is community owned and funded, and provides good quality food at affordable prices, with the aim of ensuring no-one in the community goes hungry.
This invaluable local service receives no government funding and the rental assistance from the Rotary Club will enable money to be spent on other areas that benefit its customers, such as broadening the range of products stocked.
Jeff Boyle’s family business operates the Whitsunday Foodbank, as well as the Mackay Foodbank.
"We have been fortunate in businesses we’ve owned and now we can give a little back, and with the generosity of groups like Rotary it puts a smile on people’s faces," he said.
"Rotary donating one month's rent is wonderful; it allows us to get the staples that we have trouble getting."
The idea for the donation initially came from President of Rotary Airlie Beach, Jan Clifford, and she issued the challenge to other groups when she became aware of the costs involved in providing this service for needy people in the Whitsundays.
“I have been a long-time supporter of the Whitsunday Foodbank and I encourage its use,” she said.
“The Foodbank provides very affordable food to those doing it tough and we all know that times are tough.”
“It would be great if other clubs kicked in to help this valuable service.”
Any amount of rent would be greatly appreciated by Whitsunday Foodbank, whether it is a week, a fortnight, a month or even a year!
To take up the challenge set by Rotary Airlie Beach, contact Jeff Boyle at Whitsunday Foodbank, Phone 0439 730 790 to arrange your donation.
Left to right: Club Treasurer Ian Johnston; Club President Jan Clifford, Jeff Boyle (Foodbank) Rotary District Governor Sabaratnam (“Prath”) Prathapan of Darwin, Club Past President John Mol. Photo supplied
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