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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 pantry@carad.org.au.

Keep an eye on our socials for priority items.

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.

  1. contact pantry@carad.org.au to get the latest list of most wanted items.

  2. promote it!

  3. gather it!

  4. 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!

CARAD, 245 Stirling Street, Perth, WA, 6000, Australia08 9227 7322office@carad.org.au

ABN: 97481185842

CARAD acknowledges that we are located on the land of the Whadjuk Noongar people and pay our respect to their Elders, past and present. Sovereignty was never ceded, and this always was and always will be Aboriginal land.  We acknowledge the First Nations people of the Stolen Generations and their families. We stand in solidarity with the ongoing struggles of First Nations Peoples for justice.

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