As part of its 90th anniversary celebrations,
Gallagher SA has joined hands with a client partner and a thousand volunteers to rise up against hunger.
It was through its partnership with chain restaurant Zambrero ‒ tagline ‘Mexican with a Mission’ ‒ that Gallagher's Enza Pacetta, Deborah Finlay, Paula Chapman, Melanie Strangar, Katie Nicholson, Eva Leslie-Lehmann, and Eileen Jones, got to volunteer 90 hours of their time to support Rise Against Hunger, a charity that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world's most vulnerable.
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In its blog, Gallagher said its core values are aligned with those of Zambrero.
“As well as already donating $1 for every meal purchased to third-world countries, once a year they conduct around Australia a meal-packing day called Plate 4 Plate – working together with Rise Against Hunger,” Pacetta said.
The Gallagher SA's team of seven was among the more than 1,700 volunteers who joined forces to pack meals – which included soy, lentils, and vitamins – during Zambrero’s meal-packing day. Five other meal-packing events were held across the country, contributing to a record-breaking donation of 460,000 meals.
The meals were sent to Analamango, Madagascar for children in school-feeding programs, and to East Timor for children in orphanages and vocational training centers in Dili and medical clinics in Venilale.
“It’s amazing how such a seemingly small effort can have such a big impact in communities like East Timor and Madagascar,” Finlay said. “It made me want to work harder as I knew it was for a great cause. The more you do, the more they get, and the sense of giving back to people in need was very rewarding.”
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