The Quiet Life

The Quiet Life

All quiet on the Inner West front this Sunday morning. By tomorrow Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville and our sister store cum food pantry in Camperdown will be stocked and ready for another week.   We serve communities right across the inner west and inner city of...
Marrickville Angels

Marrickville Angels

Brian is one of those people whose life story gets ever-longer and more interesting the more you stand around talking to him. A soft and happy presence, he radiates good will wherever he goes. Wednesday Night Lights at Addi Road in Marrickville has drawn a solid crowd...
Bread and Heart

Bread and Heart

Marcel pulls up in his Gift Of Bread van out the front of Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville. The slogan on the side says it all – humorous, spirited, full of intention:   “Who gives a loaf? We do…”   He founded Gift of Bread seventeen years ago. He now reckons...
Let’s Get Cooking

Let’s Get Cooking

These chicken wings are freezing!” Andrew, a volunteer at our Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown store, has his hands bowl-deep in a pile of at least a hundred wings. He’s wearing gloves but it makes little difference. It’s tough job, people laugh, but somebody’s...
Share the Dignity at Addi Road

Share the Dignity at Addi Road

  Therese pulls up in her car right beside Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville. She hops out and flips open the boot.   Inside, she has bags and bags of sanitary products that have been donated to Share the Dignity, the organisation she volunteers for.   Soon Addi...