{"id":11751,"date":"2024-09-05T07:44:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T21:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/2024\/09\/05\/regular-givers-olympic-sized-generosity\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T06:10:54","slug":"regular-givers-olympic-sized-generosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/regular-givers-olympic-sized-generosity\/","title":{"rendered":"Your olympic sized generosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><h2>You&#8217;re never too young to be crowned AWESOME!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><p class=\"p2\">Meet one of the youngest members of our Nourish Collective \u2013 Elena, who is proof that you can do amazing things for your community at any age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">At just 10 years old, Elena decided to sign herself up to our regular giving program (a community we like to call our Nourish Collective), with her parent\u2019s approval, of course, and now generously donates some of her savings each month to help the <span style=\"color: #671e75;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">65,000 people <\/span><\/strong><\/span>we\u2019re feeding each and every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">And she\u2019s even inspired her younger sisters to do the same!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI love donating to Foodbank knowing it helps families have food\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-75962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena.jpg\" alt=\"Foodbank Victoria Regular Giver Elena\" width=\"360\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena-250x219.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena-120x105.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><p>And we love Elena too.<\/p>\n<p>Our Nourish Collective are nothing short of amazing. Lately, we\u2019ve been relying on their help. More than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the prices rising on your local supermarket shelves, it\u2019s becoming more and more expensive to source the food we need. All while demand continues to grow and grow. Which is why we need donations that we can count on, each and every month. Providing the funds we need to nourish the people who need our help now.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty awesome generosity, right? We think so too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column theme-dark-bite rounded-xl mx-0 panel-row\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"cta-panel panel-purple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex py-6 px-7 md:py-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-2\/3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"m-0\">Join our Nourish Collective today<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-auto m-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-panel-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn cta large\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/VIC\/regular-giving-donation-page\/?state=vic','_self')\">Sign up here<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><h2>More stories below<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section \" data-pb-label=\"Section\"><div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"><div class=\"column\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-3 gap-x-6 gap-y-6\"><div class=\"feature-tile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-left fit-image-container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/you-helped-us-help-rebekah\/?state=vic\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mum-Rebekah-at-Foodbank-Victoria-market.jpg\" class=\"fit-image rounded-xl  max-h-64\" alt=\"Tile Image\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feature-body text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/you-helped-us-help-rebekah\/?state=vic\" ><h4>How you help us, help Rebekah<\/h4><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"feature-tile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-left fit-image-container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/food-fight-making-a-difference\/?state=vic\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kids-having-a-food-fight-for-Foodbank-Victoria.jpg\" class=\"fit-image rounded-xl  max-h-64\" alt=\"Tile Image\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feature-body text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/food-fight-making-a-difference\/?state=vic\" ><h4>A Food Fight making a BIG difference<\/h4><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"feature-tile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-left fit-image-container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/winter-appeal-helps-thousands-of-people\/?state=vic\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Queue-of-people-at-Foodbank-Victoria-market.jpg\" class=\"fit-image rounded-xl  max-h-64\" alt=\"Tile Image\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feature-body text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/winter-appeal-helps-thousands-of-people\/?state=vic\" ><h4>A million silver linings, thanks to you<\/h4><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re never too young to be crowned AWESOME! Meet one of the youngest members of our Nourish Collective \u2013 Elena, who is proof that you can do amazing things for your community at any age. At just 10 years old, Elena decided to sign herself up to our regular giving program (a community we like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":4632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,244],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-11751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-vic","tag-foodbank-victoria"],"acf":[],"formatted_date":"September 5, 2024","raw_html":"<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><h2>You&#8217;re never too young to be crowned AWESOME!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><p class=\"p2\">Meet one of the youngest members of our Nourish Collective \u2013 Elena, who is proof that you can do amazing things for your community at any age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">At just 10 years old, Elena decided to sign herself up to our regular giving program (a community we like to call our Nourish Collective), with her parent\u2019s approval, of course, and now generously donates some of her savings each month to help the <span style=\"color: #671e75;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">65,000 people <\/span><\/strong><\/span>we\u2019re feeding each and every day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">And she\u2019s even inspired her younger sisters to do the same!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI love donating to Foodbank knowing it helps families have food\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-75962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena.jpg\" alt=\"Foodbank Victoria Regular Giver Elena\" width=\"360\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena-250x219.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Foodbank-Victoria-Regular-Giver-Elena-120x105.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><p>And we love Elena too.<\/p>\n<p>Our Nourish Collective are nothing short of amazing. Lately, we\u2019ve been relying on their help. More than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>Just like the prices rising on your local supermarket shelves, it\u2019s becoming more and more expensive to source the food we need. All while demand continues to grow and grow. Which is why we need donations that we can count on, each and every month. Providing the funds we need to nourish the people who need our help now.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty awesome generosity, right? We think so too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column theme-dark-bite rounded-xl mx-0 panel-row\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"cta-panel panel-purple\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex py-6 px-7 md:py-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-2\/3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"m-0\">Join our Nourish Collective today<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-auto m-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-panel-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn cta large\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/VIC\/regular-giving-donation-page\/?state=vic','_self')\">Sign up here<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\t\t<section class=\"section page-element\" data-pb-label=\"Section\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column flex\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"w-full px-4 md:flex-1\"><h2>More stories below<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"section \" data-pb-label=\"Section\"><div class=\"container\" data-pb-label=\"Container\"><div class=\"column\" data-pb-label=\"Column\"><div class=\"grid md:grid-cols-3 gap-x-6 gap-y-6\"><div class=\"feature-tile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-left fit-image-container\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/you-helped-us-help-rebekah\/?state=vic\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mum-Rebekah-at-Foodbank-Victoria-market.jpg\" class=\"fit-image rounded-xl  max-h-64\" alt=\"Tile Image\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"feature-body text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodbank.org.au\/you-helped-us-help-rebekah\/?state=vic\" 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