Yes, music is the love of food
It started with a chat between two neighbours. She happened to be a food bank volunteer. Turned out he’s the lead singer in a band.
He generously offered a cash donation and dropped into St Simon’s food bank in Shepherd Bush to deliver it. But after a cup of tea and a slice of cake he suggested his band, the one and only Police Dog Hogan, staged a fund raiser for Hammersmith & Fulham food banks.
Bush Hall was hired, 500 music lovers turned up and the band played their rollicking mix of banjo, violin, trumpet and guitar. Much foot tapping, hand clapping and singing along. Beers and cheers.
It was that kind of event.
But above all, the evening raised about £10,000.
£10,000! I’ll leave it to you to work out how many tins of corned beef that can buy. (Very popular corned beef among food bank regulars. Trouble is, we haven’t been able to provide any for many months).
As the band sang at Bush Hall: ‘The light at the end of the tunnel is shining once again.’
Let’s hope it does for the people who rely on us for food.
You can see what you missed on https://www.pdhogan.com/. Some very jolly videos.
Not quite as much fun, the collection at Sainsbury’s, Fulham Wharf, at the end of April. Once again shoppers were incredibly generous, giving 1.7 tonnes of food worth more than £5,500. It makes such a difference. The numbers in need are rising; supplies are falling.
Thank you to everyone who contributed with food or cash and a shout out to the corporate volunteers from Phoenix Staffing and Burberry. Great stuff, thank you.
And there’s more! We’ll be manning (and woman-ing?) a stall at the Wandsworth Bridge Road Spring Fayre on Sunday May, 12.
Last year’s Fayre attracted over 14,000 visitors to the market stalls, street food, Arts & Crafts, games and live music. There’ll be a Maypole, funfair stalls and a climbing wall.
If you have time and are interested in the work of our local food banks drop by and say hello.
By the way, if you want to help and can’t make the supermarket collections, you can see our shopping list and a link to making a donation here:
https://hammersmithfulham.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-food/
Want to hear more of Police Dog Hogan?
On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2CThwAP86QXrHWNEkphjiy?si=G5-POarBSrCOTvIb0TNhqg&context=spotify%3Asearch%3Apolice%2Bdog%2Bhogan
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/policedoghogan?igsh=Z2tnMmQzaWlra2k4
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