Salvation Army marks 500,000th free loaf with celebration

Friday, June 26th, 2015

A food company marked the 500,000th loaf of free bread delivered to Salvation Army food banks with a celebration in Lower Hutt.

The Goodman Fielder Cares Trust has provided baked bread for 10 Salvation Army food banks around the country for about the last six years.

That is enough bread to stretch from Wellington to Bulls if laid end-to-end.

Salvation Army national secretary for social services Pamela Waugh said Goodman Fielder’s weekly fresh bread donations eased some of the pressure of procuring food for around 55,000 food parcels a year. Continue reading

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