Date(s) - June 3, 2017 - June 25, 2017
Time - All Day

This is a third-party event not organised by Permablitz. We've added it because we reckon it looks pretty good!

Crowd Harvest: Spices for Solstice
June 21 marks the winter solstice in Australia.
What better way to keep warm than to add a bit of spice to life?

We all buy Spices, but do we use them all? How many times has your Cumin, Turmeric or Paprika reached used buy date?
Middle Eastern refugees here in Melbourne would love your excess spices! What better way to bring a rice recipe to life!
Show asylum seekers we care, clean out your pantry and take your excess spices to your local ASRC drop off point for the solstice.

Gardeners grow ginger, turmeric and garlic. Many produce excess either as produce or the plant growing beyond capacity. Refugees are growing their own food in pots or land. Why not contribute to self sustaining food security approaches and share some with those building a new food garden while facing financial hardship.

The winter solstice, also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year.

Asylum Seekers Resource Centre Foodbank
Level 1,
214 – 218 Nicholson
Footscray VIC 3011
Monday to Friday
10.00 am – 5.00 pm.
or
ASRC Dandenong
179 Lonsdale St,
Dandenong
Monday to Thursday
10am – 3pm.
https://www.asrc.org.au/
Food seeds welcomed at both venues!

MELBOURNE DROP OFF POINTS
The Alphington Community Centre
2 Kelvin Road, Alphington, VIC 3078
Accepting all goods Thursday 10am to noon
Or non-perishables Monday to Friday 9.30am – 3pm

CERES Fair Food
6/198 Beavers Road, Northcote
Wednesdays 2pm – 4pm

CERES Visitor’s Centre
Cnr Roberts and Stewart Sreet, Brunswick East, VIC, 3057
Sunday and Monday 8.30am – 1.30pm
Tuesday to Saturday 8.30am – 3pm

Surrey Hills Neighbourhood Centre
157 Union Road, Surrey Hills, VIC, 3127
Monday to Thursday 9am – 3.30pm and Friday 9am – 2.30pm
Items can be taken to reception

Elwood/St. Kilda Neighbourhood Learning Centre
87 Tennyson Street, Elwood VIC 3184
Tuesday and Thursday 9.30am – 4.30pm
Items can be taken to reception

GEELONG DROP OFF POINTS
Torquay Neighbourhood House
14 Price St, Torquay VIC
Mon – Thurs 9.00 am – 3.30 pm

Cloverdale Neighbourhood House
167 – 169 Purnell Road, Corio VIC
Call for opening hours – Ph 5275 4415

Apollo Bay Neighbourhood House
6 Pengilley Ave, Apollo Bay VIC
Call for opening hours – Ph 5237 8500
Mon – Friday 9.00 am – 5.00 pm

Bellarine Living and Learning Centre
20 Worden Court, Whittington VIC
Call for opening hours – Ph 5248 1926