WOOLWORTHS Beerwah, Woolworths Maleny and OzHarvest are partnering with local communities this Christmas to help raise the equivalent of 7 million meals for those in need as food insecurity continues to grow across Australia.
The ambitious goal of $3.5 million has been set for the OzHarvest Christmas Appeal, which is the equivalent of seven million meals, with Beerwah and Maleny Woolworths customers able to support vulnerable Australians by simply rounding up their supermarket shop to the nearest dollar while in store, or by adding a 50 cent token to their basket between now and December 25.
This year’s OzHarvest Christmas Appeal comes as recent reports show that over half of food insecure households had someone in paid work, while in a typical month, 230,000 households in Queensland receive assistance from food relief organisations.
OzHarvest said 61% of the 1,800 charities it delivers fresh food had seen an increase in demand in the past six months.
