At a time when nearly 9 million French people live below the poverty line, “the National Food Bank Collection is, every year, more than 130,000 volunteers who mobilize to collect in 2 days the equivalent of 24 million meals, thanks to everyone’s generosity,” says Jacques Bailet, President of the Food Banks network.
On the occasion of the National Collection on November 24 and 25, the 79 Food Banks spread across the entire territory will mobilize with a common goal: to provide quality food assistance to people in precarious situations.
Out of the 106,000 tons collected each year, the 12,000 tons collected in 2 days, equivalent to 24 million meals, will make all the difference!*
The Alpes-Maritimes Food Bank, in a few figures:
1,627 tons of food distributed in 2016, equivalent to 3,254,000 meals
33,000 people helped in 2016, in 45 municipalities in the department
100 partner associations and CCAS
130 permanent volunteers, equivalent to 32 full-time jobs
This year, the volunteers of the National Collection will primarily ask for ready-made meals, canned fruits and vegetables or fish, soups, pasta and dry legumes, oil, and sugar.
The launch of this collection will take place this Monday at 11 a.m., in the presence of Georges-François Leclerc, Prefect of Alpes-Maritimes, Renaud Muselier, President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region, Charles Ange Ginésy, President of the Alpes-Maritimes Department, Christian Estrosi, Mayor of Nice, President of the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis, and Louis Mazza, President of the Alpes-Maritimes Food Bank.
