Donate food, Lord Mayor urges

NEWS

Lord Mayor Campbell Newman has announced that Brisbane residents can donate food to flood victims at their local Brisbane City Council library from Friday. The Lord Mayor said people were doing it tough at the moment after one of the city's worst natural disasters in modern history.

Cr Newman asked residents to donate any canned food they could spare to the appeal, which will run for the next month. “People need to eat and this is aimed at making life a little easier for those people struggling after having their lives turned upside down by this devastating flood,” Cr Newman said.
“Brisbane residents have already shown just how generous they can be after last weekend’s historic volunteer cleanup effort, and we’d love it if people could dig a little deeper if they can.
“If you can spare a few cans of food to help out flood victims all you have to do is drop them off at your local Council library.” Cr Newman said the initiative was being run in conjunction with grocery-charity Foodbank, who will be responsible for distributing the food.
The Lord Mayor said canned food donations could be made to Brisbane City Council libraries from Friday 21 January until Friday 18 February. He asked that people only bring canned food items, as no other items could be accepted.

For a full list of libraries and opening times, please visit www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/libraries or call (07) 3403 8888.