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Pass the Snacks Geelong We provide food (snack 📦) to kids and families in need during school holidays, when in-school food support is unavailable.

19/09/2026

On the eve of the Geelong Running Festival community run, half and full marathons, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated their time, their legs and their funds to Pass the Snacks.

We started with what we thought was an ambitious $2,500 fundraising goal, and somehow, you’ve helped us more than double it, raising $5,500 (and counting!).

A massive thank you to our incredible runners Anth, Daniel, Lillian, Nathalia, Manuka, Ian, Dee and Sol 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Thank you for putting your legs to work, sharing our mission and tapping into your networks to help make this happen.

Every dollar raised will help us provide meal and snack staples to kids during the school holidays, when school food support is not available. It feels particularly fitting that we’re heading into the school holidays by running for no holiday hunger.

We’ll see everyone bright and early tomorrow! ☀️

And if you’re still thinking about making one last donation, there’s still time to help us turn our kilometres into more food for Geelong kids 💗

🎅🏼 SORRY, NOT SORRY. Unlike a certain retailer who has already rolled out the Christmas goods in store… we’ve got a pret...
16/09/2026

🎅🏼 SORRY, NOT SORRY.

Unlike a certain retailer who has already rolled out the Christmas goods in store… we’ve got a pretty good reason for getting festive this early.

The summer holidays are LOOOONG. And when you combine that with the financial pressures that can come with the end of the year, it can make for stressful and, for some kids, hungry weeks.

So this Christmas, we’re pushing hard to deliver more than our usual term boxes to Geelong kids and families who need a little extra food support over the summer holidays.

Last year, our Summer Snack Box campaign delivered a record 225 boxes. Our most yet for a term.

Can we beat it?! 👀

This early start gives us the lead time we need to collect as much food as possible, which means we’ll need plenty of rallying, hustling, food collecting and Snack Squad magic between now and December.

📅 SAVE THE DATE: Saturday 5 December
🎄 The Christmas Edition Packing Day
⏰ 10am-12pm

Bring your friends and family.
Rally your workplace.
Start a food drive.
Tag a food brand/product that you think should go into our boxes.
Tell your school
Help us spread the word.

This will be a special one with special guests 😉

Let’s make this our biggest packing day yet and help make sure more kids can head into the long summer holidays with food at home.

Because there’s nothing merry about holiday hunger.

We’ve just clocked over $5,000, which is DOUBLE our original fundraising goal! 🙌Huge love and thanks to everyone running...
13/09/2026

We’ve just clocked over $5,000, which is DOUBLE our original fundraising goal! 🙌

Huge love and thanks to everyone running, donating, cheering us on and helping us tackle holiday hunger, one snack at a time.

11/09/2026

124 food boxes delivered today, with a couple more heading out on Monday! 💕📦

And this week, we onboarded our 10th school! 🎉 We’re stoked to be able to get food to even more kids and families this term.

A huge thank you to Geelong Foodshare for once again helping us out with the truck and driver, and to our brilliant volunteer Marnie, who stepped in at the last minute to help with the heavy lifting (literally 😂). We appreciate you so much!

One step closer to our vision of no holiday hunger for kids 💗

KIDS HELPING KIDS 👧🏽🧒🏼⁣⁣Did you know we run facilitated food box packing sessions in schools? ⁣⁣Our Kids Helping Kids pr...
11/08/2026

KIDS HELPING KIDS 👧🏽🧒🏼⁣
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Did you know we run facilitated food box packing sessions in schools? ⁣
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Our Kids Helping Kids program brings food security education direct to school. Here’s how it works: your school holds a food drive, and then we come along and facilitate a hands-on packing session with the students.⁣
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We sit down with the kids and talk about food security in a way that makes sense to them. We ask what they love to eat over the school holidays, for breakfast, lunch or snacks. And we help them understand that not every kid gets the same opportunities when it comes to food. For some families, the holidays mean extra pressure and extra hunger for kids. ⁣
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Then we get packing. ⁣
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The kids get to see the full journey of their donation, maybe from the supermarket shelf, into the trolley, through the school gate, and into one of our food boxes packed by their own hands, ready to go home with a family who needs it.⁣
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Our goal isn’t just to fill as many boxes as possible. It’s to have quality conversations with the kids about food security and why helping people matters. We want this generation of kids to grow up knowing that community care starts young and that they have the power to make a real difference for someone their own age.⁣
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📦 Is your school interested in holding a food drive and packing session with us?⁣
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Get in touch through our website, link in bio.⁣
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09/08/2026

😂 First timers are VERY welcome at our next packing day!⁣
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You’ll be welcomed, shown the ropes and guided by some of our regular Snack Squad volunteers, so no need to worry if you’re not quite box-packing-Tetris-pro level yet! 📦💪⁣
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Further details about our packing days, including FAQs, can be found on our website. Link in bio 💛

27/07/2026

Food is what goes into the boxes but it’s not the only thing being delivered.⁣
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Before school holidays, these boxes become another way for schools to check in with families, offer support, strengthen connections and remind parents they’re not facing tough times alone.⁣
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We’re incredibly grateful to every donor, volunteer, school partner and supporter who helps make this possible. Because of you, the impact reaches beyond the food itself, helping school holidays feel a little bit easier for families in need. ⁣
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Every item on the shelves at represents a decision by someone in our community to let go of something they no longer ne...
17/07/2026

Every item on the shelves at represents a decision by someone in our community to let go of something they no longer needed, knowing it could become an opportunity for someone else.⁣
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And thanks to every item sold throughout June, Second Chance Shop donated almost $650 to Pass the Snacks Geelong, helping us provide food to local kids, and the opportunity for them to enjoy their school holidays less hungry. ⁣
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As if that wasn’t enough, a thoughtful community member also dropped off a whole tray of muesli bars to help fill our next snack boxes! ⁣
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Small acts of community support are the foundation of our existence as a grassroots charity. Every single donation, no matter what size or form, leaves us in constant admiration for our Geelong community 🫶🏻⁣
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To everyone who donated, shopped, volunteered or simply chose to support Second Chance Shop in June, thank you

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