When Lyndon Galea realised kids in his hometown of Shepparton in Victoria were going hungry, he didn’t give it a second thought to take action. After getting in contact with local school principals to identify schools in immediate need, 3 weeks later he found himself surrounded by empty glad wrap boxes making and packing over 100 lunches a week for two local Lyndon Galea founded Eat Up Australia in Shepparton in regional Victoria. LYNDON GALEA Eat Up Subscribe to our newsletter ABOUT US LEARNING PROGRAMS GET INVOLVED STUDENTS PSI OUR BLOG CONTACT US
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When Lyndon Galea realised kids in his hometown of
Shepparton in Victoria were going hungry, he didn’t give it a
second thought to take action. After getting in contact with local
school principals to identify schools in immediate need, 3 weeks
later he found himself surrounded by empty glad wrap boxes
making and packing over 100 lunches a week for two local
impacted by domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and
mental illness.
Lyndon noticed that the need for Eat Up emergency lunches
sharply increased a few days before fortnightly welfare
payments arrived.
“Parents want to feed their kids and no one wants to see their
children go without, but varying distressing circumstances result
in times where this is unavoidable. Eat Up operates so that on
these occasions, no child will have to go without food.”
After hearing stories of teachers spending their own money on
kids who come to school without food, Lyndon believes Eat Up
will also play a role in relieving pressures on school staҔ
networks.
Since starting in early 2013, the enterprise has grown to partner
with TAFE providers, whose students in the Culinary Department
now voluntarily handle the preparation and packaging of Eat Up
“Parents want to feedtheir kids and no onewants to see theirchildren go without, butvarying distressingcircumstances result intimes where this isunavoidable. Eat Upoperates so that onthese occasions, no childwill have to go withoutfood.”