• Since Heathcote Foodshare (HFS) closed on 20th Sep, Bendigo Foodshare (BFS) has had to step up to a 7 day a week (excluding Pub Hols) food collection service as this task was previously shared between the two organisations.
• BFS is still 40 volunteers short for ideal running of this 7 day a week service, thus whilst they have stepped into the breach that was created, existing BFS volunteers need breaks over the Xmas holidays.
• Schools and most agencies who give out the food during the year gradually shut down over the six weeks of the Christmas school holidays.
• People still need food relief
• If we do not get assistance to collect and give out the food over the 6 week school holiday period around 60 tonne per month of food will go to waste
   

1. Five existing food relief agencies around town each open for 2 hours on one specific day each week. Each agency will have space for the van to park, shade, trestle tables, volunteers/staff to check customer eligibility for food relief according to their normal protocols. Provided they do this, no additional permits should be required from Council (tbc).
2. Five Service Club's help by staffing the Xmas food relief 1 day each week to staff and drive the vans van for pick up from the supermarkets and delivery/distribution of the food at the nominated site with the local agency staff
3. Bendigo Foodshare staff/volunteers to coordinate each day, operate the warehouse, ensure left over food is put away or disposed of appropriately, and clean out the vans and crates.(2  experienced volunteers).  

A man is stopped by a police officer

A man who is driving is stopped by a police officer. The man says: “What’s the problem, officer?”

The officer says: “You were going at least 75km/h in a 55km/h zone.”

“No sir, I was going 65.”

The man’s wife leans over and says: “Oh, Harry, you were going 80.”

The man gives his wife a dirty look. While the officer says: “I’m also going to give you a ticket for your broken brake light.”

The man answers: “Broken brake light? I didn’t know about a broken brake light!”

Once again the man’s wife leans over and says: “Oh, Harry, you’ve known about that brake light for weeks.”

The man gives his wife another frustrated glare.

“I’m also going to give you a citation for not wearing your seatbelt,” the officer says.

The man answers: “Oh, I just took it off when you were walking up to the car.”

“Oh, Harry, you never wear your seatbelt,” the wife says without a pause.

The man turns to his wife and yells: “Shut your mouth!”

The officer turns to the woman and asks: ‘Ma’am, does your husband talk to you this way all the time?”

The wife answers: “No, only when he’s been drinking!”