The Wesley Mission Victoria is holding it’s 24th annual flagship appeal to help Melbourne families that are in crisis. They help by providing nutritional food and household essentials during Christmas and throughout the year!
I’m happy to be part of this meaningful campaign and we should all try to do a little bit for those in need. Pay It Forward if you will! So what can you do? There are a few ways which you can go about helping out in this campaign!
- You can register to receive a donation box for your workplace, school or community group. Your participant pack, including box/es is delivered and collected by a Wesley volunteer before Christmas.
- Items that are most popular with families that visit the Wesley pantry include ready to eat meals, pasta/noodles and sauces, cereal, baby food and UHT milk. A full list of items is available on our website.
- If you are unable to contribute to a collection, you can also help by making a donation. Visit wesley.org.au.
- Monetary donations are used to purchase fresh and frozen foods, including fruit and vegetables, to supplement the donated non-perishable food supplies.
If you want to know more please don’t hesitate to jump onto wesley.org.au for more information about the appeal and the different ways you can get involved!
As a new mum, it is always a joy to see the little man enjoy his food, and I wish that every mum/parent could do the same!
With your donations (be it food or money), you will ensure that families experiencing tough times can put food on the table this Christmas and throughout 2016!
The Wesley Mission Victoria is aiming to collect 30 tonnes of non-perishable goods to distribute to the crisis centres nation-wide! And you will be surprised to know that you can cook nourishing meals from non-perishable food items alone!
I was lucky to receive the recipe from the ambassador of Wesley Mission Australia and ex-Masterchef 2015 contestant, Sara Oteri! Of course, I’m going to share with you one of them that I am going to try it for myself! Sounds too yummy to give it a miss, plus it’s always been something I want to try and make for breakfast!
Overnight Oats (Soaked Muesli) (Recipe by Sara Oteri)
Ingredients:
OATS
2 cups Oats
2 cups Soy milk or long life milk
2-4 tbsp honey
¼ cup passionfruit pulp
5- 10 prunes roughly chopped
Mixed seeds
TOPPING
Desiccated coconut
Tinned peaches (or any tinned fruit of your choice)
Steps :
- Put all the ingredients to make the muesli into a bowl, mix well, then leave covered in the fridge overnight.
- In the morning you should wake to a beautiful soaked muesli with just the right amount of moisture. If for whatever reason it’s too dry for your liking, simply incorporate a touch more milk.
- Finish with coconut flakes and some tinned peaches or any fresh fruit/frozen berries you have lying around.
Easy, simple and nutritional! Best way to start your morning. So hop onto the website and help in any way you can! This would ensure that everyone can start their morning right and bright!
P.S. Thank you for this opportunity Wesley Mission Victoria, to help those people in need. This is something, indeed, really close to my heart and a campaign I really believe in.
Photo credits – Wesley Mission Victoria