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THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SERVICE ONLY
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Request for an Emergency Grocery Parcel
Porirua Anglicans operate St Anne's Pantry to distribute emergency food to people in Porirua City and the Linden area. St Anne's Pantry serves alongside other community groups who run similar services promoting food security and resilience. Together we seek to ensure that some of the needs of those seeking genuine food support are met. Grocery parcels are delivered by St Anne's Pantry to residential households. We normally deliver Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons between 1-4pm. Please request before 12pm on the day of delivery and please be home between 1-4pm on your nominated delivery day. Emergency food requests may be made through Porirua Citizens' Advice Bureau (CAB). Call 04-237 8846 or email porirua@cab.org.nz (include your phone number in your email). St Anne's Pantry no longer accept phone nor email requests. If you are unable to complete the form on this page please call CAB Porirua as above. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO FEED BACK IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED A GROCERY DELIVERYBless you - you have made my Christmas. I absolutely love & appreciate the food parcel service that you all have provided. It has helped our household, as well as myself to get back on track with essential living. Will definitely donate food asap. Thank yous all so much! It was very much appreciated as I had various Bill's at those times, my son who is 15 comes here from caregiver who gives no money for food. I was also able to share info with other needed families single dads and elderly neighbour who just got out of hospital and wasn't mobile thank you your organisation is awesome Thank you so much the fast reliable and much appreciated assistance has helped us so much I truly do not know how to thank St Annes pantry and their suppliers/donors enough for the kindness and un-bias assistance they provide me and my family when we are in unforeseen circumstances where the parcel they deliver is very much appreciated. Thankyou. God bless. Thank you so much again for the wonderful food parcel that was delivered to my home. Also thank you to the lovely lady who had dropped off the food parcel. Very much appreciated. God bless you all and the caring sharing work use do. Free Financial Advice & Budgeting in PoriruaTe Roopu Awhina ki Porirua
Level 1, City Fitness Building, 1 Walton Leigh Ave., Porirua 5022 Phone: 0800 872800 or 04 238 4092 Email: reception@tra.org.nz Web: http://www.tra.org.nz The Salvation Army Porirua Financial Mentoring Service Cnr Warspite and Fantame Street, Porirua Phone: 04 235 6266 Email: porirua.cm@salvationarmy.org.nz Porirua Whanau Centre Trust 16 Bedford Court, Porirua Phone:04 237 7749 Email: enquiry@poriruawhanau.org.nz Porirua East CAP Debt Help Centre Freedom Church Porirua, 174 Bedford Street, Cannons Creek, Porirua Phone: 0508 227 111 option 1 Wesley Community Action 206 Mungavin Avenue, Porirua Phone: 04 237 7923 Email: wesleyhouse@wesleyca.org.nz Citizens' Advice Bureau Porirua Pember House Level 2, 16 Hagley Street, Porirua City Centre, 04 237 8846 High Users of the St Anne's Panty Foodbank Service may be asked to provide a signed copy of their current budget to qualify for a Food Parcel Delivery.
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Financial Donations
St Anne's Pantry is a non-profit charity run by volunteers. While more than 50% of groceries distributed are donated, finance is sought to pay for grocery purchases, refrigeration, travel, cleaning, safety equipment, storage, stationery, etc. We seek government and institutional funding as well as individual donations. You can deposit money for the St Anne's Pantry operation into BNZ account: 02-0548-0035743-083 - include your name so we can identify you. Please use the donation form on this page to provide your contact information. Your donation will be acknowledged and receipted. St Anne's Pantry, as part of Porirua Anglican Parish, is a registered charity # CC31568 and is registered for GST. |
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Donate Groceries
If you have grocery donations for St Anne's Pantry, please contact phone: 027 944 4996 or, leave food at New World Porirua or Mana Food Donation receptacles. These donated goods are regularly collected. Alternatively, the following churches will receive food donations and pass them on: Presbyterian Churches of Khandallah, St Barnabas - Mana and Titahi Bay plus Pauatahanui (Plimmerton), Whitby. Titahi Bay and Porirua Anglican Churches. Supermarket, Education & Community Donations We enjoy some very special relationships with schools, community organisations and supermarkets. In return for your support we undertake to promote your organisation strongly through our communication channels. We can also provide an interesting speaker to talk to your group about St Anne's Pantry. Please contact us to talk about possibilities.
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Food Needed Updated Saturday 9 November 2020
Pauatahanui School Food Drive Donations for St Anne's Pantry filled up the Parish Car. Senior students with teacher Kansas Davis.
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Donate Time
St Anne's Pantry is operated by volunteers. The tasks are many including:
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Volunteers Needed We are always on the lookout for people who fit well into our volunteer team. If you are considering offering as a St Anne's Pantry Volunteer please read the Volunteer Agreement attached below. If you want to proceed with a Volunteer Application, please complete and submit the Volunteer Application Form below. Applicants who volunteer will be interviewed and, if offered a position, will be asked to join us for a one month trial. Volunteer Positions Available
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St Anne's Pantry Facilitators SOFIA and MARGARETTēnā koutou tēnā koutou tēnā koutou katoa
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all who contribute groceries and gifts. We appreciate your support. Together, we make a difference in this community. To whānau who receive grocery parcels from St Anne's Pantry we offer arohanui. Ngā mihi - kind regards, Sofia & Margaret. stannespantry@gmail.com Facilitator Bios
Sofia Ali
Bula. I have been in NZ since 2016. I came from Fiji and have two sons. I work at Pak’n’Save Porirua. My interests are family, watching movies and gardening. I live in Ranui, Porirua. Margaret Alve
Kia ora. I have lived in Wellington since 1994. We moved here as a family from Christchurch. We have four adult children and nine mokopuna. I work two days a week at Te Omanga Hospice. My interests are family/whānau, sewing, cooking, dog walking and watching movies. I live in Linden. |
History St Anne's Pantry is a Porirua Food Bank initiated by Vicar Jonathon Boyes and church member Pat Higham as the Porirua Anglican Cooperative Trust (PACT) in 1984. In 1989 PACT was re-titled St Anne's Pantry and Jean Stratford took leadership until her death c.2005. In 2001, on Jean's watch, 3,000 people received food through 800 food parcels - an average of 16 per week. St Anne's Pantry was led subsequently by Rev'd. Esme Collins and a Parish team. During the past decade the Pantry was facilitated by Diane Stuart and Val Grace supported by their husbands, until the end of 2019. Current Pantry Facilitators are Sofia Ali and Margaret Alve. St Anne's Pantry continues as a ministry of the Porirua Anglican Parish which centres on St Anne's Church, Arawhata Street, Ranui, Porirua.
Volunteers Packing at St Anne's Pantry - Friday 28 August 2020
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2020 STATISTICS 1 January - 31 December St Anne's Pantry distributed 1097 Grocery Parcels to 628 Porirua Households and served 4915 people during 2020. Estimated value of groceries distributed: $175,500. THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE THIS DISTRIBUTION POSSIBLE. |
Creating a Food Secure Future for Porirua and New ZealandSt Anne's Pantry seeks to provide food security for Porirua and Linden Households by promptly delivering to households emergency food parcels to help alleviate crisis situations. While we seek to empower householders with some choices about what food they prefer our emphasis is quick response using rescued food from Kiwi Community Assistance, food donations from a variety of others and some purchased food items.
St Anne's Pantry Leaders recognise that there are other local agencies who also address the challenge of providing a food secure future for the People of Porirua and Linden in other, complementary ways. We are part of a collective of such agencies who consult together to address food security issues collaboratively. On this page we provide info about some of these agencies. 
WESLEY HOUSE RESOURCES
At: 206 Mungavin Avenue, Cannons Creek Phone: 237 7923 Email: wesleyhouse@wesleyca.org.nz Community Pantry If you’re in need of some kai to get you through the week, pop in to our community pantry at Wesley House in Cannons Creek for a no-stress, no-guilt food parcel. When: 9.30am to 12pm, Monday and Thursday Real Good Kai Learn how to cook cheap and healthy meals for you and your whānau. you’ll get a new recipe each week – and share delicious kai with new friends at the end of each class. When: Wednesday 1.00pm – 2.30pm How often: Once a term How long: 8 weeks Growing and learning māra Our garden is a resource for the whole community – we love seeing everyone get their hands dirty. Come along to our twice-weekly working bees or get in touch to find out how we can manaaki your group in our garden. When: Tuesday and Thursday 10.00am to 12.00pm Porirua Fruit and Vege Co-op Get cheap, fresh and healthy kai in your neighbourhood every week. You pay just $12 for a great selection of produce. When: Every Tuesday To order from the Porirua Fruit and Vege Co-op click on the link below: Join the co-op now 
W: http://wellfed.kiwi/ E: contact@wellfed.kiwi
WELLfed delivers FREE cooking classes - teaching basic cooking skills. Participants learn how to plan, shop, safely prepare and cook low-cost healthy meals, with a strong focus on seasonal fresh fruit and vegetables. WELLfed has been co-designed with the local community, to make the classes accessible and to ensure that the recipes and classes make a real difference. Our programme delivers a series of interactive cooking classes, held weekly in the communities that need it most. Community Garden at: 54 Hampshire St. Cannons Creek 
18 Mungavin Ave., Ranui, Porirua
P: 04-237 5968 W: http://www.svdp.org.nz/ E: svdpporirua@gmail.com Requests for food parcels from St. Vincent de Paul food bank, Porirua, can be made via email or phone. Usual delivery days apply:
Opportunity Shop - second hand clothes, bric a brac, household items and furniture's. The shop is open during Level 2 Mon - Fri 10am-3pm. 
We’re setting out to address the root causes of food insecurity in AotearoaKore Hiakai - Zero Hunger Collective supports the work of community food organisations across New Zealand, while also undertaking the slower, deeper work of addressing poverty-related hunger’s root causes.
Te Kore Hiakai - Zero Hunger Collective brings together community, producers, retailers, philanthropy, and government to build collaborative, long-term, sustainable, and mana-enhancing solutions to food inequality in Aotearoa. St Anne's Pantry support this Collective. |
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Grant Providers and Financial Donors 2020
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ALSO TO THE MANY INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL DONORS WHO SUPPORT US
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