The Oxford Food Hub, posted on Facebook that they had tons, tons of food available for local food banks. we contacted sally Thurston, who manages the Faringdon Food Bank, who welcomed our initiative to collect tinned food from the Oxford Food Hub. Clive Clark and Glyn James, drove to the Oxford Food Hub in Botley, Oxford and collected a car full of tinned food, everything from beef stew, corned beef, mackerel, sardines, tomatoes and lots more , it was deliverd to the Faringdon Council offices, where the Faringdon Food Bank operates on Mondays and Wednesdays 10am -12pm. A second load will be collected on March 1st
This work is in addition to the various shopping trips and cash donations made by Faringdon and District Rotarians to top up the food bank, the cash donation contributed to the Rotary District 1090 total donations to food banks in the Thames valley of over £300,000