Newcomers to town might be interested to know that there are quite a few feeding schemes in our area, and the GFA (Grahamstown Feeding Association) is one of them. It’s an NGO which runs three soup kitchens each weekday where soup/ milk and bread, at times with peanut butter, are distributed.

Last year GFA was able to feed 55 982 adults and 5 873 children – making a total of 61 854 meals – in addition to which over 570 food parcels were given out.

Each year local businesses, and other benefactors, (listed below), give generously, in cash and kind.

We are grateful to Grocott’s Mail for the opportunity to acknowledge the marvellous support that GFA received last year, from the following:

Rhodes University staff – our primary funder, without whose help we couldn’t carry on; The Community of the Resurrection – for all kinds of crucial support; The Municipality – for the use of the City Hall kitchen; Wylie’s Dairy – for thousands of litres of milk; Phoenix Roller Mills – for help with food parcels; Pick n Pay – for bread at reduced cost; Oatlands Bakery – for free bread; His Majesty’s Fruit & Veg – for free  vegetables; Prof & Mrs  Midgeley – for large consignments of soup powder, Videotronic, the Mustard Seed, and the library – for stocking/ selling food vouchers.

Thank you, too, to all Grahamstonians not mentioned here, who have contributed to helping those who suffer from hunger in our community.

Joan Kaye, Chairperson

(Please phone 046 622 9717 for more information).