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Cathy: "We kept thinking during the pandemic how lucky we are - living in a nice home, Jade and our son back with us in our own little bubble, which made us so happy - and that there are so many unfortunate people without enough to eat, or even a roof over their heads. We were both still working full-time from home, but we'd get up early and find gaps in each day to collect tons of surplus food, then we'd sort and deliver it to multiple places, even if we had to stay up late at night to finish our work. We found it inspiring and energising. And I'd never fail to take pictures when we dropped stuff off then post them up on this WhatsApp group, so the staff of the Co-op, or whoever else had donated, could see the good it had done. It was mainly the 2 of us, but my husband and son would help too when we ran out of time. It was so rewarding, I can't tell you. And it's even more rewarding when you get a chance to meet and speak to some of the people who come to collect the food. You really feel, 'Thank God I'm doing this!' It also made me realise how wonderful people are."
Jade: "Mum’s an angel. She’s always taught us to help out wherever possible, do what you can for anybody and everybody. The calls would come in, mum would organise and collect it all, and I'd just be the Pegasus, go and do the deliveries. Sometimes there was so much food I couldn’t fit it all in one load. I’d have to do 2 trips and it’d still be stacked so high I couldn’t see out of the back of the car. The whole thing just snowballed - the more people wanted to give produce the more people we found to give it to. It was nice to connect with people, but for me the biggest feeling was the relief of knowing that all this stuff wouldn’t go to waste, it was going to somebody who needed it."
Cathy: "We kept thinking during the pandemic how lucky we are - living in a nice home, Jade and our son back with us in our own little bubble, which made us so happy - and that there are so many unfortunate people without enough to eat, or even a roof over their heads. We were both still working full-time from home, but we'd get up early and find gaps in each day to collect tons of surplus food, then we'd sort and deliver it to multiple places, even if we had to stay up late at night to finish our work. We found it inspiring and energising. And I'd never fail to take pictures when we dropped stuff off then post them up on this WhatsApp group, so the staff of the Co-op, or whoever else had donated, could see the good it had done. It was mainly the 2 of us, but my husband and son would help too when we ran out of time. It was so rewarding, I can't tell you. And it's even more rewarding when you get a chance to meet and speak to some of the people who come to collect the food. You really feel, 'Thank God I'm doing this!' It also made me realise how wonderful people are."
Jade: "Mum’s an angel. She’s always taught us to help out wherever possible, do what you can for anybody and everybody. The calls would come in, mum would organise and collect it all, and I'd just be the Pegasus, go and do the deliveries. Sometimes there was so much food I couldn’t fit it all in one load. I’d have to do 2 trips and it’d still be stacked so high I couldn’t see out of the back of the car. The whole thing just snowballed - the more people wanted to give produce the more people we found to give it to. It was nice to connect with people, but for me the biggest feeling was the relief of knowing that all this stuff wouldn’t go to waste, it was going to somebody who needed it."
