YMCA FOOD BANK
The YMCA Thessaloniki Food Bank is an established initiative that has been operating since 1989. Throughout the year, food and essential items are collected from companies on behalf of YMCA Thessaloniki and, with the help and support of the Technical Service, are distributed to families and individuals in need.
Since 2010, with the establishment of the Action and Social Contribution Department, the Food Bank has been organized on a new basis with the following features:
- Collaboration with Social Organizations: Partnering with organizations or associations that maintain databases of registered beneficiaries and have structured processesfor updating this data, such as social workers who regularly visit beneficiaries to assess their needs and provide additional support, like job networking.
- Targeted Activation of Our Members: Engaging our members through their instructors, e.g., Folklore Group, Nursery, Executive School, to instill the value of giving in our younger members. Volunteers play a key role in the operation of the Food Bank.
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You can support the YMCA Thessaloniki Food Bank throughout the year with monetary donations to the special account created for this purpose with the reference:
“YMCA FOOD BANK”
ACCOUNT DETAILS:
- BANK: NATIONAL BANK
- ACCOUNT NUMBER (IBAN): GR6401102170000021700224203
- BENEFICIARY: CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF THESSALONIKI
- BANK CODE (BIC): ETHNGRAA
December 2023
Απολογισμός Συγκέντρωσης Τροφίμων 2023
May 2023
Απολογισμός Συγκέντρωσης Τροφίμων 2023
December 2022
Απολογισμός Συγκέντρωσης Τροφίμων 2022
April 2022
Απολογισμός Συγκέντρωσης Τροφίμων 2022
December 2021
Απολογισμός Συγκέντρωσης Τροφίμων 2021
April 2021
Απολογισμός Συγκέντρωσης Τροφίμων 2021
December 2020
Απολογισμός Συγκέντρωσης Τροφίμων 2020
April 2020
In 2019, we continued our partnership with LIDL HELLAS & SIA O.E. until March.
We distributed 8 tons of food (900 “love packages”), valued at €3,600, to 450 vulnerable families. Of these, 100 families were beneficiaries of the YMCA Thessaloniki Food Bank and 350 were from 8 cooperating organizations. A total of 16 organizations benefited from the YMCA Food Bank in 2018-2019. 24 volunteers participated in food distribution. HELEXPO Thessaloniki International Fair’s support was crucial, providing a booth for storing food during distribution days. In 2019, we continued our collaboration with the Thessaloniki Food Bank, which provided snacks for our beneficiaries twice. The targeted activation of YMCA departments for food collection continued under our “Gift a Smile/Volunteer Action YMCA” program.
We extend our sincere thanks to Lidl AE for their support of our social work.
The support of HELEXPO Thessaloniki International Fair for the YMCA Thessaloniki Food Bank through the provision of a booth for food storage is vital, as is the support from the Municipality of Thessaloniki for providing a pallet truck for transporting the food.
The contribution of social workers – YMCA Thessaloniki’s social volunteerism – in implementing the food distribution was exceptional.
For More Information:
Social Action Sector
231 600 1041, – 42, – 45
Email: [email protected]
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