Wagga Wagga Salvos discover abundance in giving

Wagga Wagga Salvos collaborates with other services and organisations in the regional city to support people in need by sharing resources.

 BY LAUREN MARTIN

When Wagga Wagga Salvos (NSW) were recently blessed with 1000 frozen meals from the Australian food charity, Second Bite, excited staff and volunteers hit the phones to share the love.

“We’ve built great partnerships with other organisations, it’s fantastic,” said Wagga Wagga Doorways Coordinator Jen Fowler, explaining that many of the frozen meals were distributed to other not-for-profit services, including the Salvos’ Indigenous partnerships with Rivmed and Ngurra Hub.

“We have found in the last 6-12 months that food security demands are really high. Some organisations in this area aren’t getting much support from anywhere else, so we are helping to boost them up.”

“So, it’s a circle [of blessing] that keeps spinning around – it’s really wonderful.”

Displaying loving generosity is a biblical principle, and it’s amazing to see how often God multiplies blessings when they are shared.

“We might just randomly get a pallet of pasta sauce turn up, so we distribute some to community members, and we also send it down to an organisation called ‘Care Van’ ... they rely on donations for food,” said Jen.

“They have a big commercial kitchen, and they cook frozen meals ... then that comes back to us in meals. A lot of those meals go on the ‘street run’, which is done on a Tuesday night through Wagga Corps. They go out as hot meals to the homeless.

“So, it’s a circle [of blessing] that keeps spinning around – it’s really wonderful.”