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OzHarvest

OzHarvest is a non-denominational charity that rescues excess food which would otherwise be discarded. This excess food is distributed to charities supporting the vulnerable in Sydney and Canberra.

OzHarvest was founded in November 2004. We began with one van and delivered 4,000 meals in our first month of operations. Currently OzHarvest delivers 100, 000 meals per month with a fleet of six vans.

OzHarvest believes that good food should not go to waste. In fact, by distributing it to those in need, we turn excess food into a resource and save thousands of kilograms of food from being dumped as landfill each year.

Food is generously donated by those with excess. By distributing this food to various charities, we assist them to better and more efficiently address the underlying social problems in our society. With this support charities are able to redirect funding to programs assisting those who are disadvantaged or at risk. OzHarvest provides this service at no cost to food donors and recipients.

Our team of qualified and dedicated staff and volunteers are passionate about making a positive difference to the thousands of lives we touch.

Do Something

Do Something is a new type of not-for-profit organisation that works with business, government and the community to create and promote positive social and environmental change.

Rather than talk about the problems, we seek to "do something". We identify problems and then find answers that achieve measurable benefits for the environment, community and Australian business.

One of Do Something's most successful campaigns is FoodWise www.foodwise.com.au which aims to reduce the 3 million tonnes of good food worth $5.2 billion wasted each year in Australia, much of which ends up rotting in landfill producing the potent greenhouse gas methane. By working with our partner food charities, we want with divert as much as possible of this good food to the vulnerable in the community who would otherwise go hungry.

702 ABC Sydney

702 ABC Sydney offers Sydneysiders the opportunity to engage in talkback and debate about what's going on in their community. Tune in for the best in news, current affairs, sport, culture, lifestyle and comedy - on air. Online. On digital radio.

Cumberland Press

Cumberland Courier Newspapers is proud to partner with OzHarvest with the aim to provide an extra 250,000 meals to families and individuals during the Feed Sydney campaign.

Cumberland Courier Newspapers proudly supports its communities by championing local causes, trumpeting successes, providing residents with a voice, recognising business excellence and rewarding young achievers. We proudly sponsor local events, festivals and sporting teams, as well as partner local councils and businesses.

Cumberland Courier Newspapers is the leading community newspaper group in New South Wales, with a total circulation exceeding 1.3 million* copies and reaching more than 1.8 million^ readers each week.

Cumberland Courier Newspapers are distributed to more than 660 suburbs and are read by 52% of the Sydney population in any given week, outperforming leading metropolitan newspapers, number-one radio stations and the most popular prime-time television programs.

Woolworths

Woolworths is a major food and grocery retailer with 245 stores in NSW. It is the largest retailer of fresh food in the country and its mission has been to establish direct, long-term relationships with the best farmers and growers in Australia. Woolworths has supported food relief organisations since 2002 through the donation of surplus food, which can be turned into healthy, nutritious meals for those in need. Woolworths is also committed to achieving zero food waste from its stores by 2015.

This year Woolworths supermarkets launched Fresh Food Rescue, a year long campaign to rescue a record amount of surplus fresh food from the waste stream and turn it into meals for the needy.

Already one of the largest food donors in Australia, Fresh Food Rescue has a target of providing two million meals for those in need and $2 million for the infrastructural needs of those who serve them. Further information can be found at www.woolworths.com.au.

Linfox Logistics

Linfox Logistics employs more than 15,000 people to deliver highly sophisticated supply chain solutions to some of the world's leading FMCG producers, retailers and resource companies. Linfox operates more than 5,000 vehicles and 1.8 million square metres of warehouse space across 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region.