It acts, quite literally, as a food bank which organisations can approach for help.

Albany Foodbank takes donations from everyone from individual donors to multi-natinal corporations.

Sadly, the demand for food from less fortunate families in the Great Southern seems only to be growing.

Christmas is always a time when hardship is felt by local families doing it tough.

The Weekender hopes the Great Southern community will once again be supportive of its annual CAN-Do Day.

The project – with support from many local businesses – allows residents to leave donations of food in bags at their front gate for collection by volunteers on CAN-Do Day.

The bags are supplied by the Weekender.

Keep an eye out for more news about the 2009 Albany Weekender CAN-Do Day.

Foodbank is always on the look-out for volunteers and donations of food.

They can be contacted on 9842 6645.