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Scary, but nice Costumes were donned and decorations hung ready for Halloween festivities on Thursday 31 October. Children once again embraced trick or treating, with celebrations kicking off in the mid-afternoon as families wandered the streets with little ones, while older kids branched out in lolly hunting hordes. The Hills were enlivened with venturers as they explored the streets looking for treats. Adults also joined in the celebrations, pulling out some crazy and inventive costumes. See some of the fun in photos on pages 11 and 12 Jess, Sarah, Kim and Sofia from The Patch Primary School with Rinny from The Patch Store as a pumpkin enjoying Halloween. (Stewart Chambers: 441027)
Food insecurity is rife in our region and hard-pressed volunteers find it...
Hard to stomach By Tanya Steele Food insecurity remains firmly in the spotlight across the Yarra Ranges as demand for food relief continues and the continued strain is impacting how people are feeding their families. Volunteers are seeing food fly out of pantries
as soon as it lands in them and have noticed different groups of people accessing services that have never needed them before. Foodbank Victoria Chief Commercial Officer Katie Fisher said when a person is hungry and their kids are hungry, they want to fill their tummies that day.
“Retailers referred to it as a beige spike,” she said. “It’s what they see in terms of spikes in demand when there’s issues like this cost of living,” she said. Ms Fisher said consumers were dropping costlier fresh food items like protein and dairy off
their regular shops in favour of lower-cost items like chips and pizzas. “Cost of living is impacting on the decisions that we’re making around what we’re feeding our families,” said Ms Fisher. Continued page 3
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