‘What Are You Doing Mother?’

by Mark Mordue | Jun 2, 2021

Two rather grand-looking women are sitting patiently on chairs outside the Addi Road Food Pantry in Marrickville. One has a floral shopping trolley; the other, a few carry bags at her feet overflowing with food. It’s impossible not to want to take a photo of...

Faces of Addi Road: Estelle

by Mark Mordue | Feb 1, 2021

Estelle has been volunteering at Addi Road Food Pantry Marrickville for the last year. “It’s been fun,” she says. “The people are nice. There’s such a variety of people from all steps of life who volunteer here … we have students, a Qantas engineer … then there’s the...

Beautiful Day

by Mark Mordue | Sep 3, 2020

The heart is a bloomShoots up through the stony ground ‘Beautiful Day’ – U2   It’s a beautiful day. The very first day of spring. Opening day for Addi Road Food Pantry Camperdown. Jamie Parker, the Greens State Member for Balmain has come down to...

Addi Road’s Emergency Food Hampers

by Mark Mordue | Mar 24, 2020

At this time of increased food insecurity, please be mindful of the message from one of our partners, Foodbank: “We encourage all our agency partners to remember that every item provided to a member of the general public who has the means to purchase that...

Our Community Needs Food – Please Donate Now!!!

by Mark Mordue | Mar 13, 2020

The demand for affordable groceries is shooting through the roof. Addison Road Community Organisation’s FOOD PANTRY has seen a growth in customers of more than 20% every week for the last month. Food is a basic human right. Hunger is an injustice. We need your...