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Sleeves Rolled Up is a podcast produced by The Salvation Army New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. While you may know The Salvation Army for our op shops or handing out food parcels, what you might not know is that we’re involved in so much more. Our strong social justice focus informs our work, work such as reintegrating people back into society after they are released from prison, building social housing communities, supporting people experiencing homelessness, advocating for social change at government level, releasing research papers about social issues, giving people a hand up through our wraparound services and so much more! We hope you enjoy listening to these interviews with our guests who are determined to see people’s lives transformed through their respective roles within The Salvation Army.
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Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
In this episode we chat to Tessa Reardon, Business Partnerships Manager at The Salvation Army.
Tessa has been a key part of the success and growth of The Foodbank Project, an online donation platform where people can buy food items that are donated to Salvation Army foodbanks to be distributed to Kiwis in need.
We chat about why and how the project started and the incredible response from New Zealanders during the first Covid lockdown in 2020 (the project grew from 8000 donors to over 23,000 donors in just two weeks!).
ABOUT TESSA
Tessa has had many roles in the past from youth pastor to catering driver, all leading her towards joining the Public Relations team at The Salvation Army in 2017. Tessa's role leading the Corporate Partnerships team changes day to day with the diversity of the amazing partners and all of the ways they support The Salvation Army's mission. In her spare time, she is passionate about loving people, growing things and supporting local Kiwi clothing designers.
Donate to The Foodbank Project: www.foodbankproject.org.nz
The Foodbank Project in the media: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120737343/coronavirus-kiwis-kindness-shining-through-during-lockdown-with-over-850000-donated-to-foodbank
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