Community Pantry Planned for Porirua

Posted by on 3 March 2011 | 0 Comments

Tags: Food Bank, Porirua, Community Garden, Community Pantry, Volunteers wanted

The Community Pantry sees food as not only an end in itself but also a means to achieving broader goals of empowerment and health. It will be a place where everyone can contribute to their community; where good food is made available; resources, skills and knowledge are shared; and people can gain a strong sense of pride and value in their part within the community.

The plan

The initial focus of the Pantry will be to work with current food bank clients who will be invited to volunteer their time to establish and maintain a garden and small orchard which in turn will supplement the food bank and provide nutritional fresh produce to all those who require this service. The vision for the Community Pantry is that the services we provide will grow from this initial garden and allow us to achieve our vision of a busy and productive centre for people giving people the skills and resources they need to get enough good food.

Our first steps will be to start a big veggie garden and plant a fruit trees at our site in Cannons Creek. Once we have some good food growing we will be run classes on things like cooking, and gardening. Porirua City Council is helping us make a plan to dig up our grass and plant veggies and trees but we welcome help from others

The Cannons Creek Community Pantry will be a place where we can all be a part of making better food available in Cannons Creek. It will be a place where good food, ideas and skills are grown and shared. We’re really excited about this project and want your help to get it off the ground.

How can you get involved?

Your organisation can play a really important role in improving the state of food availability in Porirua. Your involvement and help in the Community Pantry would be an outstanding way to demonstrate your commitment to the community.

What we need:

• Seeds and seedlings
• Gardening equipment
• Expertise on growing food, cooking food, and eating healthily
• Volunteers’ time

Get in touch

Kena Duignan
Community Pantry Coordinator

Wesley Community Action
Mungavin Ave

022 040 8903
04 237 7923

Email