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Melissa Prou
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Nov 21 2024 at 7:26 am
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They appear at the end of November each year and are recognizable by their fluorescent vests at the exit of supermarkets: the volunteers of the food bank collection will soon be back at work.
This year, the national campaign will take place Friday 22, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November 2024.
Solidarity sharing, association based in Vernon (Your) is no exception to the rule and will be present at Carrefour and Aldi on Friday and Saturday, as well as at Monoprix on Sunday morning.
Volunteers present
“The planning is done. I will have help from several young people from Sainte-Agnès establishments but also from some beneficiaries and their children, as well as parishioners,” rejoices Marius Besson, president of Solidarité Partage.
For three days, volunteers will take turns in 2.5 hour increments to be four at Carrefour and two at the Aldi store. Without forgetting the two or three people in charge of collecting the food and transporting it to the association's premises.
Then, it will be up to us to sort the foodstuffs by category and put them in boxes before handing them over to the Évreux food bank the following Tuesday.
These foodstuffs will then be collected by all the associations in the department.
It's almost Christmas
It's almost Christmas
If the next important deadline for Solidarité Partage is the collection for the food bank, the distribution of Christmas packages and gifts is also approaching. “Like every year, we need donations of toys of all kinds to be able to distribute them to the children of the beneficiaries,” explains Marius Besson. People who wish to make donations can drop them off at the association's premises on Tuesdays all day or Wednesday morning. It is also possible to contact Marius Besson to arrange a drop-off appointment at another time of the week.
As a reminder, the food bank mainly needs donations of dry goods has long shelf life and with high nutritional added value: ready-made meals, canned foods (fish, meat, fruit, vegetables), starchy foods (pasta, rice, semolina), dried vegetables, sugar and even oil.
Two tonnes in 2023
In 2023, Solidarity sharing had collected approximately two tons of food and basic necessities. “I hope to do at least as much this year,” confides the president.
In October alone, he went to collect seven tonnes of products to help the 180 beneficiary families.
Solidarity sharing, 28, rue du Coq in Vernon. Contact: 06 60 61 38 31. The association is looking for a volunteer to take on the position of driver and ensure deliveries and removals.
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