Hundreds of meals for St Vincent foodbank

Volunteer Vince Jones scoops cottage pie filling from a huge pot yesterday to create hundreds of meals for the St Vincent de Paul foodbank.

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A small group of helping hands hoped to make 250 frozen dinners that could be given to hungry families and individuals in the city.

‘‘And cottage pie is a good meal because it has veges, protein and potatoes.’’

The volunteers worked away at Catholic Social Services in South Dunedin for about seven hours.

Mr Jones said it was something they did every three or four months. The meals were especially welcome in the lead-up to Christmas.