held on Friday and SaturdayFood bankDuring the campaign, volunteers collected 479 thousand for feeding the needy. euro worth of food.
"Such a result surpasses the results of Maisto bankas shares in the spring," says Kristina Tylaitė, interim manager of Maisto bankas, in the report.
Volunteers collected 74 thousand in 415 cities. various non-perishable foods.
140,4 thousand people donated food. together.
"This is a very high level of activity - we even exceeded the record of the campaign dedicated to the centenary of Lithuania last fall," said K. Tylaitė.
According to the organizers of the campaign, this time the benefactors of the country donated more generously the basic food items for daily consumption - pasta, various cereals, oil, flour.
Meanwhile, more expensive products (canned food, coffee, dry breakfast, etc.) were received slightly less.
The promotion of "Maisto bankas" took place not only in large retail chains, but also included 473 regional stores.
The largest number of donations were made in big cities, the port city and resort towns of the country were more active, significantly more donations than before were registered in Utena, Jonava, and Telšiai.
350 social organizations joined forces in the "Maisto bankas" action, 8,5 thousand people came to help. volunteers - members of the public, schoolchildren, socially responsible business teams.
The collected food will be distributed in packages to the most needy families before Easter and will be used to organize meals in social institutions.
A reserve will also be left to be used to feed children's summer camps and help remote families in crisis.
The food collected during the previous campaign of "Maisto bankas" reached more than 61 thousand people. people with low incomes.
