It’s the Food Bank collection this weekend, what should we give them at the checkout?
Volunteers are calling for donations of non-perishable and hygiene products to support 2.4 million beneficiaries.
Quick Look
- Food banks are holding their 42nd annual collection until Sunday.
- 128,000 volunteers are mobilized in 9,000 collection points to collect food and hygiene products intended for 2.4 million people in precarious situations.
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Why It Matters
Food banks organize a national collection every year to meet the needs of people in difficulty.
You won't be able to miss them when you go shopping this weekend: food banks launched their 42nd annual donation drive on Friday in a context of social discontent over purchasing power. Their goal: to collect as many products as possible to help 2.4 million beneficiaries.
Until Sunday, you are therefore invited to leave food and hygiene products at the end of your shopping in the trolleys made available by the 128,000 volunteers in orange vests. Nearly 9,000 collection points (stores, supermarkets, schools, town halls, and businesses) are installed. But what exactly should we give them?
Rice, chocolate, diapers, toothpaste…
The orange vests will help you see things more clearly, but it doesn't hurt to have things in mind: “food banks favor non-perishable products, easy to store and essential for everyday life,” they indicate on their website.
In terms of food, you should go for canned vegetables, fish and ready meals. Or give rice, pasta, semolina, lentils… For “raw materials”, choose oil, flour, sugar.
In terms of sweets, you'll be right with biscuits, chocolate and breakfast products.
Other needs that are sometimes forgotten are baby products: infant milk, baby food, diapers. And finally of course hygiene products: soap, shampoo, toothpaste, hygienic protection.
Open Questions
- What is the collection objective in tonnes for this edition?
