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WESTERN NEWS Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Thursday September 17 2020 9 News Churches join forces to form foodbank • By Bea Gooding THREE CHURCHES in Avonhead have joined forces to form a foodbank in response to an increased demand for social support services in the city’s northwest. The foodbank will be located at St Christopher’s Anglican Church and is in partnership with St Mark’s Presbyterian Church and Avonhead Baptist Church. St Christopher’s vicar reverend Michael Brantley said the churches decided to work together because it was a task better served where resources could be shared to provide the new service for the community. “There’s been a great increase in need. The reality is many of the people living in this area have never been in that place before. They’ll probably go hungry before they ask for help,” he said. “These people are pilots, own businesses directly related to tourism and own homes that have become food vulnerable for the first time due to unemployment. But they still have bills to pay.” Brantley said they were partly relying on people in the churches to distribute food parcels to people they knew in a bid to connect with those who do not reach out themselves. “We know some people won’t come out and queue up. They won’t be asking but we know they’re vulnerable.” Operating the foodbank in recent weeks proved its importance in the community due to high demand. Brantley anticipated that this will continue to be a growing need in the coming months as the country begins to see the full economic downfall caused by Covid-19. “We anticipated that this will be a growing need,” he said. “We know by next June WORKING TOGETHER: St Christopher’s Anglican Church youth pastor Josiah Langan (left) and Jocelyn Murray, of Avonhead Baptist Church, help distribute parcels at a new foodbank set up by three churches in the area. that we’ll see the bottom of this economic trough, that means another whole year of recovery.” The “sophisticated” food parcels were pre-packaged and can be picked up at the church and can be tailored for individual dietary needs. To help the churches run the foodbank, the city council provided a laptop and desktop computers as part of its Computers to the Community Scheme. Making the process more efficient meant they had to spend more than $2000 to set up the service to make it usable, such as refurbishing the space. Brantley was grateful for the support of the city council, the effort of the three church teams and of the public’s contributions. “I feel like we’re making a real difference in our community. Having the rug ripped from under you can really knock the wind out of you,” he said. LoCAL Your TYrE SPECIALIST New & Quality Used Second-hand Tyres Alloy Wheels Replacement Rims Puncture Repairs 8c Birmingham Drive, Middleton www.jcmdirect.co.nz 343 0099 or 027 22 63 805 Proud to support Hornby Hockey Club
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