Fortunately during August demand has slowed down to more manageable numbers, for now. Many of our customers have been able to return to work and we have received numerous messages thanking us for support during the lockdown.
The food bank has now stopped delivering to everybody except those who cannot come to collect their food parcel from the Baptist Hall for health reasons. Rye Mutual Aid is kindly continuing to deliver to about 25 households until the end of this month.
Last Friday Chris Emson (pictured) received an amazing donation from the Jempson Foundation. Donations made to the Jempson foundation now total £10,000 which is a staggeringly generous sum. Thank you so much to everyone who has donated to Rye Food Bank via the Jempson Foundation Food Bank Appeal.
This week we supplied 806Kg of food to 100 people including 48 children.
Please keep your donations coming. We are now opening on Wednesdays only at the Baptist Hall in Cinque Ports Street in Rye to receive donations and for clients to visit.
Monetary donations can be sent to the Bexhill Food Bank Rye Branch at Barclays Bank, sort code 20-54-25, account number 83501116, through the Jempson Foundation or cheques to Rye Food Bank c/o 24 North Salts, Rye. If you donate via the Jempson Foundation and are a taxpayer, gift aid can be applied, thereby increasing the value of the donation by 25% at no cost to the donor.
You can contact Rye Food Bank at ryefoodbank@gmail.com. If you need help from Rye Foodbank contact Rother District CAB on 0800 02904 3948, email: help@rotherdistrictcab.org.uk, or the Hastings Advice & Representation Centre (HARC) on 0333 344 0681, email: info@harcuk.com.
Image Credits: Mags Ivatts .