ACA NSW supports Project Rudolph for Christmas 2016

The ACA is proud to support Project Rudolph, a joint initiative between Aussie Farmers Direct and Australia’s largest hunger relief organisation, Foodbank. Project Rudolph gives Australians the chance to give Christmas meal boxes to struggling Aussie families this Christmas. By providing the essential ingredients for a family dinner – roast meat, carrots, spuds, pumpkin and, of course, Chrissie cake – Australians can help spread the joy of Christmas and ease the stress of afamily doing it tough this festive season.

 Project Rudolph PDF

With so many families with young children across Australia experiencing food insecurity (a lack of access to a sufficient supply of affordable and nutritious food), we are encouraging early childhood education and care services to chip in to help families in need this Christmas.

According to the Foodbank Hunger Report 2016, 1 in 6 Australians reported experiencing food insecurity in the last 12 months alone. Of the 644,000 people accessing food relief every month, a third are children.

In fact, low income and single parent families are the biggest groups turning to charity agencies for assistance.

Joining Rudolph in his project to promote the spirit of Christmas, is as easy as following these simple steps:

  • Organise a fund-raising activity at your centre such as:
    • a gold coin ‘dress up for Christmas’ day
    • a Christmas bake sale (parents donate baked goods to sell)
    • a gold coin Christmas performance for parents
    • a Project Rudolph collection tin or box in your reception area
  • Print out and display the Project Rudolph poster in your centre.
  • Encourage the families at your service to make a donation.
  • Direct deposit your funds to the ACA Project Rudolph appeal on PayPal via the ACA website http://bit.ly/2gAy6su.

With the funds raised, the ACA will buy the hampers from Aussie Farmers Direct, who will pack up all the ingredients the week before Christmas. Our friends at Foodbank, the largest food relief organisation in Australia, will then deliver Project Rudolph boxes to eligible families across Australia.

For more information about how your service can get involved, please contact ACA NSW.

Alternately, if you wish to purchase a hamper directly for donation, or encourage the families at your service to do so, please click here.

For more information about Foodbank Australia, please click here:www.foodbank.org.au
For more information about Aussie Farmers Direct, please click here:https://www.aussiefarmers.com.au/