Today we’re talking to Celeste Schubiger, the Engagement Manager at OzHarvest, learning about one of Australia’s greatest super hero food rescue organisations!

OzHarvest was founded in 2004 by Ronni Kahn AO, after noticing the huge volume of food going to waste from her events business. Ronni did not set out to start a charity, rather just fix an obvious problem with a simple solution. Starting with one van in Sydney, she began rescuing food and delivering it to local charities.

As OzHarvest grew, Ronni and a team of pro-bono lawyers lobbied state governments to amend legislation allowing potential food donors to give their surplus food to charities without fear of liability. The Civil Liabilities Amendment Act was passed in NSW in 2005 and other states followed.

OzHarvest is now Australia’s leading food rescue organisation with a driving purpose to ‘Nourish our Country’.

They have been working hard to eliminate food wastage through feeding those in need and educating society on the value of food. Through simply sharing food they are positively influencing our sustainability goals.

Make sure you give them a wave next time you see one of their iconic yellow food rescue vans out doing their good work.

OzHarvest Australia | Australia’s leading food rescue organisation

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Host: Melissa Alsemgeest

Guest: Celeste Schubiger

Editor: Robert Alsemgeest

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Elle has bravely told her story of domestic and family violence with the hope that sharing her experiences will change the lives of others, even possibly save an individual or family from the unspeakable.

One woman is murdered at the hands of a current or former partner every week in Australia.

Elle has experienced terrifying domestic and family violence, in the forms of financial, mental and physical abuse.

The financial and mental abuse is of coercive control, a powerful behaviour that involves perpetrators using patterns of abusive behaviours over time, in a way that creates fear, and denies the basic human right of liberty and autonomy.

Add the shocking experiences of physical abuse – no words can adequately describe the everlasting pain that results…

Thankfully Elle has escaped this world but in the process has literally lost everything. She is on the road of slowly rebuilding her life, remaining positive after experiencing a world no person should be subjected to.

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CREDITS:

Host: Melissa Alsemgeest

Guest: Elle

Editor: Robert Alsemgeest

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Tiffany and Nat are the dynamic duo behind Toowoomba’s most loved charities Bases Services Inc, a non for profit community development organisation that works with individuals and families of all ages and backgrounds that are in need in the Toowoomba and surrounding communities.

You will learn about the life changing programs they provide - the Basement Soup Kitchen, 2nd Shot, Operation Shopping Trolley, Backpack Beds for the Homeless and Christmas Hampers for the Homeless along with the charity events they run/are involved in – Hike for Homeless, Homeless for a Week, National Homeless Prevention Week and Christmas Day Lunch.

An inspiring story of two people’s very different life experiences leading to the establishment of an organisation that is breaking the cycle homelessness, positively impacting the lives of many.

Part I Tiffany Spary

Part II Nat Spary

Base Services – Toowoomba-based, not for profit, community development organisation

2nd Shot Food Truck – Everyone Deserves a 2nd Shot

2nd Shot Espresso - Street Store: 488a Ruthven Street, Toowoomba - operating Mon-Sat 7am to 1pm

Basement Soup Kitchen: 12 Neil Street, Toowoomba - operating weekdays 11.30am to 1pm

FOR SUPPORT:

Lifeline on 13 11 14

13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support phone line for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)

1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732

CREDITS:

Host: Melissa Alsemgeest

Guest: Nat Spary

Editor: Robert Alsemgeest

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Infectious Behaviour

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