Meet Shellie the food truck

Need a Feed CEO Shaz Harrison will be celebrating a full-circle moment when she drives the charity’s new food truck into Berkeley Community Centre next month. 

“Shellie officially starts rolling with a soft launch on the 3rd February, where we will be hosting our first community lunch in Berkeley,” Shaz said. “Our official launch will be on the 3rd of March at Berkeley Community Centre, which feels really special, because that’s where Need a Feed held its very first event 13 years ago!”  

Driving Shellie around the region will help Shaz fulfil a long-held dream to expand their services and provide not just food but connection. 

“We’re strengthening our partnership with Berkeley Community Centre, providing regular lunches, and taking the food truck on location to community centres, our partner organisations and schools,” she said.

“We will prepare meals on-site, which means we are not just handing out food, we’re connecting in real time, having conversations and building trust.”

Shellie was already a food truck, so needed only a few improvements when Need a Feed acquired her. The purchase follows more than a year of fundraising, from a GoFundMe campaign to last August’s Swim Challenge, supported by Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown and held at UOW’s Aquatic Centre.

Shaz thanks everyone who pitched in. 

“From sponsors, right through to community members collecting cans and bottles so we could cash them in, every single bit mattered. We’re beyond thankful, we’re proud, and pretty stoked.

“Every trip means meals are going out where they are needed, we are creating real connections with people doing it tough.”

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