Dear Friends,

We want to keep giving hope to the many Australians feeling the pressures of inflation, rising interest rates, stagnant wages, and the skyrocketing cost of living. This economic upheaval is causing anxiety, uncertainty, and hardship for people everywhere.

At Gift of Bread, we respond with compassion and practical action — every single day.
Our dedicated volunteers collect fresh surplus bread from local bakeries and deliver it to those in need. We’re a grassroots charity run entirely by volunteers — ordinary people doing something extraordinary by sharing bread.

Every day, our bread reaches 26,500 people.
We support the forgotten, the isolated, the vulnerable, the depressed — those who might otherwise go unseen.

 
💸  WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP

Gift of Bread operates on a tight, efficient budget. But even with passionate volunteers and community support, the scale of need is now overwhelming our resources. 

In the past 12 months:

• Demand for our services has grown dramatically
• Costs for vehicle leases, registration, insurance, maintenance, fuel, and utilities have surged
• We urgently need to raise $100,000 by June 30 to continue our work through winter and into the next financial year.

💟  HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS

✅  $30 provides enough bread for 1,200 sandwiches
✅  $50 saves 1,600kg of food waste — equivalent to 5 months’ worth of groceries
✅  $100 stops 6,080kg of CO₂ emissions — that’s 1.49 years of home electricity*
✅  $500 keeps a delivery vehicle on the road for 3 weeks 
(*Using the Food Waste Greenhouse Gas Calculator)

 
🧾  EOFY TAX BENEFIT

💵  All donations over $2 are 100% tax-deductible
📈  Donate more → claim more
💰  In some cases, you could get up to 47% back at tax time

 
👉  DONATE NOW TO HELP US:

🎗️  Sustain our mission
🚚  Rescue and redistribute thousands of kilos of fresh bread
👫🏻  Support 26,500 people each day
 
🥖  WHO GIVES A LOAF? WE DO! YOU CAN TOO

Gift of Bread is bridging the gap among those who are alienated from friends and family, lack informal support networks, and often have limited ability to access basic services. Sharing bread is an important community event that maintains that fundamental feeling of belonging, is socially responsible, makes good use of surplus food and helps the lives of many people around us.

Thank you for your contribution, may God bless you for being a vital member of our team.

Marcel De Maria

Co-Founder & Director

Medius Dei Limited t/a Gift of Bread