09 November 2022
What a wonderful experience we had this week, with the entire Cunninghams team joining forces with EatUp Australia to make sandwiches for students whose families can’t afford lunch. In under 30 mins, the team made 859 cheese sandwiches ready to send out to schools with children who need lunch. A great team exercise and an even better cause, so click here to sign up your workplace!
“Our mission is to feed hungry kids so that they can grow, learn and succeed.”
– EatUp Australia
In 2013, Eat Up Founder, Lyndon was living in his hometown of Shepparton and read a story in the paper about how local kids were going to school without lunch. He quickly enlisted the help of his mum and a couple of mates and started making sandwiches to drop off at these schools. From grassroots beginnings, Eat Up is now Australia’s only organisation providing free lunches for students on a national scale.
Their sustainable approach is thanks to ongoing donations of bread, snacks and materials. Volunteers and donations have been key to their growth, from supporting 20 regional Victorian schools in 2014, to now reaching 600+ schools in NSW, NT, QLD, VIC and WA.
About Childhood Hunger
More than 1 in 5 Australian children have experienced food insecurity in the last 12 months*
In 2020, the demand for food relief services in Australia has increased by 47% due to the effects of the COVID pandemic.**
Sources: *Foodbank Rumbling Tummies Report, 2018 **Foodbank Hunger Report 2020
Kids who miss meals have:
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Poorer physical health
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Increased illness
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Increase fatigue
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Poorer nutrition
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Missing vitamins minerals & fibre
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Poorer social/emotional wellbeing
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Increased behavioural and learning problems
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Struggle to learn, concentrate and succeed in school
Making a difference
- To date, we’ve provided over 2.2 million free lunches to students throughout Australia.
- Our programs across NSW, VIC, QLD, WA and NT, are helping more than six hundred schools and thousands of hungry students.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic we have helped over twenty thousand families with food relief boxes.
This was such a wonderful team exercise for a really worthwhile cause. If you would like to donate, lend a hand or fundraise, click here to find out more.
