FareShare (Australia) facts for kids
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| Formation | 2000 |
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| Headquarters | 1–7 South Audley St, Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 3067. Tel. 61 3 9428 0044. |
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David Harris (President), Sandy Dudakov (Vice-President), Marcus Godinho, Kellie Watson, Lucy Farmer, Fiona Maxwell, Brian Scammell, Crickette DerJeu, Patrick Lanyon, Rosemary Kelly, James Fien. |
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| Website | www.fareshare.net.au |
FareShare is an amazing Australian group that helps people. It is a "not-for-profit" organisation. This means it uses all its money to help others, not to make a profit. FareShare runs Australia's biggest charity kitchens. These kitchens are in Melbourne and Brisbane.
FareShare's main goal is to get volunteers to cook tasty, free meals. They use food that would otherwise be wasted. This food is rescued, donated, or grown in their own gardens. Their mission is to make life better for Australians who are going through tough times.
The meals FareShare cooks are healthy and ready to eat. They give these meals for free to charities that help people with food. This helps people who cannot get or afford meals. It also helps those who might not have a kitchen to cook for themselves.
In Melbourne, many volunteers help out. Experienced chefs guide them. Together, they cook thousands of meals every day. These meals go to places like soup kitchens, shelters for people without homes, and community food banks. Many school students and company teams also volunteer each year.
FareShare also grows its own vegetables. They have three kitchen gardens. These gardens help make the meals even healthier. Their biggest garden is on a family farm. There, FareShare grows vegetables on about two acres of land.
FareShare opened a kitchen in Brisbane in 2018. This kitchen uses food from Foodbank Queensland. It cooks meals for people in Queensland who need help.
FareShare is a charity. It depends on support from kind people, businesses, and groups. This support helps them rescue food and cook meals.
FareShare began in the year 2000. A chef named Guido Pozzebon started cooking 300 pies every Saturday. He made these pies for charities like the Salvation Army. Guido and his friends used extra food from the RACV Club. They turned this food into savoury pastries.
Around the same time, a group called Jewish Aid Australia learned about City Harvest. City Harvest is an organisation in New York City that saves food for people in need. Because of this, "Melbourne City Harvest" started in 2001. They also rescued food that would have been thrown away. They collected prepared meals from events and catering places.
Later in 2001, Melbourne City Harvest and Guido's group, "One Umbrella," joined together.
Growing and Changing
One Umbrella worked hard to create a special law in Victoria, Australia. This law is called the "Good Samaritan Act." It protects people who donate food to charities in good faith. This means they won't get into trouble for trying to help.
In 2008, One Umbrella changed its name to FareShare. This was a big step! For the first time, FareShare opened its very own kitchen. This kitchen is located in Abbotsford, Victoria.
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