Hi everyone, I’m here to provide you with a Feed Our Pack update as we see the first quarter of 2022 come to an end.
After more of a ‘normal’ Christmas than we all experienced back in 2020, It was a swift return to Molineux to focus on and celebrate the first anniversary of Feed Our Pack!
It was difficult for me to put into words just how much work has gone into Feed Our Pack in 2021 so thankfully with help from the Wolves media team and Gemma Frith, we produced a fantastic video which really highlighted all the project’s achievements across the last 12 months including foodbank support, food parcel distribution, holiday activities and our partnerships.
Whilst the level of support provided by Feed Our Pack has been substantial in its first year, there remains much more work to be done especially as the cost of living is set to increase which is going to have a significant impact on many families and individuals across the city.
Since the start of the 2022 we’ve been able to donate an extra 100kg of food to local foodbanks thanks to the generosity of Wolves fans, who are bringing more and more donations of food and toiletries to every home game. There are still plenty of games left so please come and talk to the team at the fan park before each home fixture!
At the beginning of February our attention soon shifted to food parcel distribution to make sure local families had meals during half term. We distributed food to six local schools to ensure 200 households had access to food during the half term break.
During February half term, we also provided free activity sessions for up to 100 local children which included plenty of fun and enriching activities, sport, cooking and most importantly a meal outside of term time to help combat holiday hunger.
We now focus on planning for Easter, where we will be hosting further holiday camps, with eight days across four venues. We’ll also be distributing more food parcels across the city to help families during Easter, as Feed Our Pack continues to try and support as many people as we can. On top of this, we look forward to hopefully welcoming new volunteers to the project too.
One really nice touch we received last week was a special painting by local artist Kanj Nicholas, inspired by the story behind Feed Our Pack. It celebrates the diversity within our community, coming together and uniting to help the most vulnerable in our city – centred around the theme of kindness.
We were all very grateful and the artwork is now hanging proudly in our Foundation office for all to see! It perfectly sums up the amazing work the project is doing in the city and long may it continue.
See you soon!
Ollie
