Food bank action day is needed: ‘As a grandfather you cannot do everything’

Drenthe is taking action for the food banks today and this super Saturday can be followed via RTV Drenthe. Collectors are ready at about a hundred supermarkets in the province.

Today’s first cart of lobster Frits Haan from Food Bank delivery point Tynaarlo received this morning just after nine o’clock. He estimates that people’s generosity provides about 200 carts for the food bank. “And we certainly need that, especially this year. A small drop-off point like here in Tynaarlo has increased from 30 people for a year to 46 people, from September.”

Wietse de Wind is located in Norg with his granddaughter Sharissa. “It’s going well,” says De Wind. “It’s so desperately needed, that’s why I’ve been doing it for years.” He brought his granddaughter because she and her family needed the food bank themselves. “As a grandpa you can’t do everything.”

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