About the CARAD Pantry
CARAD provides many essential services to asylum seekers that have no where else to turn. One of the most essential is our pantry. Our wonderful volunteers do an amazing job in putting together high quality fresh food, pantry and hygiene items for our clients.
All our food and hygiene items are donated by our partner schools and from kind individuals in the community.
We are thankful for the support of our fresh food partner SecondBite that supplies all of our fresh produce that is carefully sorted and prepared by our volunteer team.
If you would like to be on our CARAD Pantry donor list or to join as a partner school please email caradpantry@carad.org.au.
Keep an eye on our socials for priority items.
Christmas Hamper Appeal
This Christmas, CARAD is launching a special appeal to provide food hampers for individuals and families seeking asylum. Many of them face food insecurity and financial stress during the festive season. Your donations will help us offer essential items and a few festive treats to those in need, bringing a little joy and comfort at this time of year. Every contribution, big or small, will make a difference and show that our community cares. Help us spread kindness and ensure no one goes hungry this Christmas.
What to donate
Here’s a list of our most needed items at the moment:
Things to keep in mind:
Please only donate sealed food items that are within their use by date.
How about running a food or hygiene item drive?
Why not gather items from your community, workplace, sports club, congregation, social group or book club.
contact caradpantry@carad.org.au to get the latest list of most wanted items.
promote it!
gather it!
donate it!
How to donate:
times
Donations can be delivered to the CARAD office from Mondays to Fridays, preferably from 9.30 am to 12.30pm. But call us ahead of time if you’d like to drop by at other times.
where
The CARAD office is a cottage that is located at 245 Stirling Street, Perth, WA, 6000.
ONLINE:
Possibly the most convenient way to donate pantry and hygiene. You can order from your usual online grocery store and arrange online delivery for weekday mornings!
make a cash donation that will provide CARAD Pantry items:
If you would prefer to make a cash donation that will cover Food Bank items for our clients here is what your money will get:
$30.00 = Nappies and baby wipes
$40.00 = Household Hygiene bag
$65.00 = Pantry Bag
$75.00 = Personal hygiene bag
$200.00 = Medical Kit
Can you donate a PRE-PACKED bag?
We love pre-packed bags! They are filled with all our clients favourite pantry staples and much-needed cleaning and personal hygiene items in an eco bag. This means you’ve already done the volunteer role and packed the bag and it is less handling for the team and straight to our clients!
Pantry bags contain:
Basmati Rice
Sweet snacks, biscuits and muesli bars
Savoury crackers and snacks
Vegetable oil
Jam
Honey
Dried fruit and nuts
Salt and Pepper, spices
UHT Full Cream Milk
Instant coffee
Hygiene bags contain:
Laundry Liquid
Dishwashing Liquid
Multipurpose Spray
Toilet Cleaner
Toilet Paper
Baby Wipes
Shampoo and conditioner
Antiperspirant
Body and Hand Wash
Toothpaste
Toothbrushes
Each week, CARAD receives donated food free of charge from SecondBite, one of Australia’s largest food rescue organisations. SecondBite provide fresh food and vegetables to our foodbank, which are then sorted and packed by our volunteers, to be distributed directly to our asylum seeking clients.
The food provided makes a real difference to the lives of our CARAD families, and ensures that they have healthy, nutritious meals each week. Thank you to SecondBite for your generosity and support!