{"id":48081,"date":"2021-01-26T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T12:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=48081"},"modified":"2021-01-26T14:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T14:02:03","slug":"students-collect-a-tonne-of-food-and-toiletries-for-cardiff-foodbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/01\/26\/students-collect-a-tonne-of-food-and-toiletries-for-cardiff-foodbank\/","title":{"rendered":"Students collect a tonne of food and toiletries for Cardiff Foodbank"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overwhelming response to appeal also included a \u00a3500 cash donation <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A GROUP of Cardiff University students have collected dozens of crates of food and toiletries for Cardiff Foodbank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students stood on Salisbury Road, Cathays, on January 23 for five hours to collect around 80 boxes of items, weighing approximately a tonne overall, and also raised over \u00a3500 in cash for the foodbank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are hoping to make it regular thing, collecting once a month in the same spot, in addition to a ‘grab-and-go’ scheme where people can leave food on their doorsteps to be collected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Shenstone, 20, was one of the people who organised the collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: “Having come from a family where my parents always looked after me, it wasn\u2019t always easy to put food on the table but they always managed, I just felt like I\u2019m in a good position now being a student, not really having many overheads, to try and do something.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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