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Stand Like Stone Foundation windfall for Foodbank SA

Foodbank SA Limestone Coast supports hundreds of families each week and relies on the support of many volunteers to deliver this critical service and that work has been boosted thanks to a financial windfall from the Stand Like Stone Foundation.

Foodbank SA received almost $3000 courtesy of the Friends of Stand Like Stone program, now in its 3rd year, which was developed to encourage and help more people become a local philanthropist for the Limestone Coast community. The Friends of Stand Like Stone program enables any individual or organisation to support the Foundation on a number of levels.

Stand Like Stone CEO Mr Roger Babolka said for $500 a year, your donation helps run the Limestone Coast’s only community foundation and continue serving the community we all love. “Each year we aim to grow the number of ‘Friends’ and increase the grant allocation,” Mr Babolka said. “As a result, the perpetual named sub-fund also grows, providing a lasting gift to our community and ensures the growth and sustainability of this amazing program”.

The ’Friends’ donations are pooled with that of other Friends, ultimately providing the community with a major annual Friends Champion grant round, in which all Friends have the opportunity to vote on their preferred grant recipient.

Mr Babolka was thrilled to hand over the 2023 grant to Foodbank SA.

“This magnificent organisation was successful in securing a grant of $2990 that will go towards purchasing a pallet jack with a scissor-lift feature to ensure the food relief operations are more efficient, and importantly improve the work-health safety conditions for their hard working volunteers,” Mr Babolka said.

Foodbank SA Limestone Coast branch manager Lynne Neshoda said it was initiatives such as the Friends of Stand Like Stone Champion grant that not only enabled the Foundation to respond to the needs of the communities, but also enabled organisations like Foodbank to continue to provide a critical support service to those in need in this region.

To find out more information about joining Stand Like Stone as a ‘Friend’ please contact them on (08)7701 9259 or visit the website www.standlikestone.com.au