Over the past 5 years, I have been doing food deliveries through the All Saints parish. Every second Saturday at about 11 in the morning, my dad and I drive to All Saints and pick up the food for that week’s deliveries. The food packages vary on the number of people, the dietary requirements of the people and if they have children or not. Each family or person get between 3 and 6 bags depending on the size of the family. They also get between 4 and 12 eggs. We then set off to deliver the food parcels. We deliver them all over Perth and do between 4 and 7 deliveries each time but we have done up to 11 during busier times.
Food deliveries have given me a new appreciation for what I have. I am very lucky to attend a school like all saints and I realise this every time I do the food deliveries. All the people we deliver to live below the poverty line in old, dirty houses most with lots of children and animals. These deliveries make me very grateful for what I have and make me realise how lucky I am to be in the position that I am in.
I would highly recommend doing food deliveries to anyone. It is so rewarding, at the end of each delivery you feel like you have done so much good and it’s so lovely to see the smile on people’s faces when you give them the deliveries they have been waiting for. I always go home feeling happy so I would recommend it to anyone.