To help OzHarvest Brisbane celebrate its eighth birthday with those in the community experiencing hardship, the APPMA sponsored two celebration cakes.
Mark Dingley, chairman of the APPMA, said, “OzHarvest is of one of Australia’s leading food-rescue organisations, and its aims are very close to the association’s heart. Amy Cobb, OzHarvest’s Queensland state manager, spoke at our closing member dinner for 2019, and her comments really struck a chord with so many members in the room. This feeling was partly behind our decision to sponsor two cakes, totalling $2,000.”
Dingley said, “For each $1,000 cake sponsorship, we knew our APPMA members were funding 2000 meals that OzHarvest Brisbane delivered to those in need, saving 666.7 kilograms of food, along with preventing 1,266.7kg of greenhouse emissions from entering the atmosphere.
“It’s fantastic to know that the APPMA was part of helping OzHarvest raise funds to deliver more than 114,000 meals before Christmas.
“Reducing food waste, using resources wisely and making sure we help those in our community who would otherwise go without are three core APPMA beliefs. OzHarvest does an outstanding hands-on job of supporting communities in this way, while actively reducing food waste.
“Because we hold this organisation in high esteem, the APPMA Board has committed to exploring how we can best support OzHarvest in future years while also encouraging our members to do the same.”
The APPMA-sponsored cakes were created by Jake Nicolson at Donna Chang and Tony Percuoco at Tartufo, and were gratefully received by OzHarvest charity friends at Substation 33 and Canefields Clubhouse.
