Foodbank Victoria says the cost-of-living crisis has left its shelves dangerously under stocked. It is running an emergency donations drive, and people in the community are answering theses calls for help.

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Foodbank Victoria says the cost-of-living crisis has left its shelves dangerously understocked. It is running an emergency donations drive, and people in the community are answering theses calls for help.

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00:00Rolling through in droves to restock the shelves of Victoria's Foodbank.

00:07When the organisation called for help, the community answered.

00:11I just felt it was important that we needed to help people out in need, especially when it's getting harder.

00:16I can afford to have food for myself, but there's lots of people out there that can't.

00:21The cost of living crisis is biting.

00:24Foodbank says it's getting fewer supplies, while seeing more people than ever in need of support.

00:3069,000 meals leave this warehouse every day.

00:34You've got families ringing us saying, we're going without food, to the point where now we're sending our kids to school without food.

00:41For us, that's where we have to raise awareness and call out on our community for help.

00:45And help they did, bringing the staples, cereal, rice, long life milk, pasta, sauce and canned goods like fruit, vegetables and tuna.

00:56Between members and friends, we've raised a fair bit of money and we thought we'd do a nice run in. Anything helps.

01:03It's the first time Foodbank has called on the community for help since the Black Summer bushfires.

01:09The organisation says the demand for the service has continued to only grow since then.

01:15This is middle class people. They are working one, two, up to three jobs. Food is the thing they are sacrificing to make ends meet.

01:24The emergency donation drive will continue tomorrow, and Foodbank is hopeful it'll make a difference.

01:31When you see the outpouring of care, love and food that's come out of this event, it can only get better from here.

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