Buxton Rotary club raises £1,500 for High Peak food banks

The club provided £750 through its Rotary4Foodbanks (R4FB) fund which was matched by the wider Rotary Foundation.

Parcels were despatched to each of High Peak and Residents of Fairfield Association (RoFA) food banks.

Branches across the organisation’s District 1220 - covering parts of the east midlands and South Yorkshire - hope to have raised over £90,000 to buy food wholesale by the end of July.

Dr Mike Hardman, Rotary Club of Buxton President, said: “We’d already supported our Buxton food banks by donations earlier in the year but the R4FB scheme lets us do much more.

“Our Club’s R4FB donation of £750 has been doubled through a grant from Rotary’s own charity - The Rotary Foundation - enabling High Peak and RoFA food banks to access £1,500 of food over the coming year.”

R4FB’s district coordinator John Cavey said: “We could see a huge and growing need for food banks and we at Rotary are committed to helping meet that need.

“We hope many more businesses will see the benefit in what we are doing for some of the country’s most needy and become supporters of the scheme.

“We are relying on the generosity of the public, Rotary clubs, and businesses to see us through.”

If you think you can support R4FB in any way contact Rotary Club of Buxton at [email protected] or via www.buxtonrotaryishere.co.uk

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