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Foodbank Victoria was founded in 1994, as the state division of
the national Foodbank Australia charity, a not-for-profit,
non-aligned organisation who rescue and redistribute food to
Australians experiencing hardship.
It was an initiative of the Camberwell Rotary Club, who felt
compelled to do something about the amount of food going to waste
when so many Victorians were struggling to make ends meet.
The organisation initially distributed food relief within
Melbourne alone, but as partnerships grew with food producers, it
extended its services to reach struggling Victorians in rural and
remote areas too.
In 2004, Foodbank Victoria became a stand-alone organisation
committed to providing food relief throughout metropolitan and
rural Victoria.
On 21 December 2005 it merged with the Victorian Relief
Committee, and jointly they became known as VicRelief Foodbank, now
Victoria's largest independent emergency relief resource
centre.
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