A van and a plan attracts donations for foodbanks

Published date06 November 2021
Earlier this week the Otago Daily Times reported Dunedin's four foodbanks — the Presbyterian Support Otago, Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul and Mosgiel Community foodbanks — were almost empty.

It comes as Dunedin's annual Christmas can appeal was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.

After reading about the shortage, Ms Cardno-Fa'asega was wondering what she could do to help, she said.

She was looking in the back of her van and realised if she could fill it with donations then she could make a real difference.

As the mother of a disabled son, she had a large van which was usually used to transport his disability equipment, she said.

As a home-based mother of three boys, she would be able to accept donations from friends and family throughout the day.

Originally she had no desire to make her plans public, but after sharing the idea with her friends it proved more popular than...

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