Yearly Archives: 2020

22 Sep 20

Our thanks go to TK Maxx and one of their employees

Our thanks go to TK Maxx and one of their employees who nominated The St Albans & District Foodbank for a grant from their Community Fund Foundation. The grant has been gratefully received and will help us to send out complete food parcels and run the Foodbank and its 6 local Distribution Centres.

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16 Aug 20

Thank you to our friends at Gama Healthcare

Once again we are so grateful to our friends at Gama Healthcare who have so generously donated not only to the St Albans & District Foodbank but also to two other foodbanks. Their donation helps us buy items in short supply so that complete food parcels can be sent to those most in need and […]

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6 Aug 20

Our thanks go to Lori Young at LoriLoves Photography

Our thanks go to Lori Young at LoriLoves Photography who has kindly donated 10% of her fees for doorstep photography commissioned by 54 local families during lockdown. Do have a look at her website…the photos are fantastic! https://loriloves.co.uk

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6 Aug 20

Thank you Ocado Customers

We are incredibly grateful to Ocado customers for their donations through the YOU GIVE WE GIVE scheme and to Ocado itself for its allocation of further funds to the St Albans and District Warehouse. The demand for our help has grown substantially this year and it is difficult to predict what will be needed over […]

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20 Jul 20

St Albans High School for Girls – What a fantastic gift!

We are very grateful to the girls in Year 6 at St Albans High School for Girls Prep, for their donation to the Foodbank of some of the funds set aside for their end of year celebrations.   We are sorry that the celebrations could not go ahead but here at the Foodbank we are delighted and touched […]

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13 Jul 20

Thank you Wheathampstead and thanks to all who helped make this such a successful day

On 11 July we held the last of our street collections. This time we were in Wheathampstead and were helped by the Harpenden Round Table and Wheathampstead Community Group. The 1st Wheathampstead scouts helped by making their scout hut available for sorting the donations. The sun shone and we collected 1.1 tonnes of food and essentials plus £395 […]

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3 Jul 20

Our thanks again to St Albans

Our thanks once again to St Albans Round Table and to all those that supported us on a rather wet and windy day this weekend as we travelled through St Albans town centre and St Michaels. It might have rained but we still collected over 1.5tonnes of food and other essentials and some £700 in […]

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3 Jul 20

Waitrose Harpenden, Aylett Nurseries and Odyssey Cinema – thank you!

Our thanks go to Waitrose Harpenden for selecting St Albans & District Foodbank as one of its charity partners under its Green Token Scheme.We use donations such as this to ensure that the food parcels are complete when sent to one of our six Distribution Centres throughout the district. Thank you again Waitrose! Our thanks […]

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16 Jun 20

Thank you Fleetville, Camp and Highfield!

Our street collection with St Albans Round table was a great success. The sun shined and we collected over 3 tonnes of donations and nearly £1,000 in cash. We are very grateful and have already sorted and stored the donations ready for inclusion in food parcels that will be distributed through one of our six […]

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27 May 20

Thanks St Albans Round Table and thanks to all those who have supported us.

On 23 and 24 May Santa lent his sleigh for street collections in the Marshalswick and Townsend neighbourhoods and collected the massive total of 2.2 tonnes of food and other essential items plus some £1,200 cash donations. What a result! Santa has kindly agreed to lend his sleigh for further collections in the  Fleetville and […]

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