Shoppers at Coles Glenfield Park in Wagga have raised enough money to place them in the top five NSW fundraisers for a charity that aims to feed people who are homeless or in crisis.
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SecondBite collects unsold, edible food from Coles and distributes it to around 1300 charity partners across Australia.
"We can't thank our customers in Glenfield Park enough for the generosity shown in this year's campaign," Coles NSW/ACT General Manager Ivan Slunjski said.
"Funds raised will help make a real difference to SecondBite, so that they can continue to support local charity partners like St Vincent DePaul Society and Wellways."
The supermarket has raised enough money for SecondBite to feed 25,800 Australians in need so far this winter.
St Vincent de Paul Wagga Central Council president Peter Burgess said SecondBite had been a "Godsend" for helping feed people at Edel Quinn Support Services.
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"For a place like Edel Quinn, food is a major component. It's been very useful. We have been very grateful," he said.
"In the Wagga diocese, homelessness has been a major concern for us and through Edel Quinn we are catering for people who are homeless, and not just the people who reside there.
"We are running a breakfast program as well. It's suspended at present because of COVID but normally we have people come in and get breakfast. It took a while to get it started but before COVID we had five to seven people coming in a day."
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