Large donation for boards: 50,000 euros help those in Saarland!

In Saarland, the tables support around 20,000 people in need and contribute to avoiding food waste by saving quality food that can no longer be sold. The SZ Commercial Association Hilf-Mit! Plant a donation of around 50,000 euros to the boards in Saarland before Christmas, as the Saarbrücker Zeitung reported.

The upcoming donations are the fourth in a number of help with! Contributions that have provided a total of 157,000 euros for the boards. The donation history shows that 25,000 euros in 2020, followed by 32,000 euros in 2022 and 50,000 euros in 2023 and 2024. These funds are distributed on eleven tables in Saarland and the Eppelborner round of plaque, whereby the distribution is based on the number of supplied households.

sponsorships and challenges of the tables

The tables in Saarland are organized by various providers. These include the Caritas Association Saar-Hochwald with plates in Dillingen, Lebach, Saarlouis and Wadern, the Diakonisches Werk on the Saar, which works in Neunkirchen, Illingen and Völklingen, as well as the Evangelical Church community Merzig and several clubs in Saarbrücken, Sulzbach/Fischbachtal and Homburg. In addition, the Eppelborn table round is active, the food distribution in Eppelborn is organized.

The boards face challenges because demand increases continuously while the availability of goods decreases. As Marliese Stay from the Tafel Sulzbach/Fischbachtal reports, the number of needy has increased since the Ukraine conflict. This board supplies an average of 160 people with the help of ten volunteers. The Eppelborner Table Round, under the direction of Karl-Heinz Rau, also has to buy many foods yourself, apart from the baked goods that are provided free of charge. This table also has around 160 in need, many of them pensioners.

Help-with! supported people and welfare organizations since 1973. All donations benefit the needy, and the Saarbrücker Zeitung pays all material and administrative costs for help!. The organization also offers donation certificates and publishes donors in the Saarbrücker Zeitung, unless otherwise wanted.

Incidentally, the tables in Germany have existed since 1993, and they represent one of the largest social-ecological movements. They not only offer additional help for the needy, but also promote social responsibility and support active citizenship as well as self-help, such as the DetailsOrtPavillonstraße 45, 66740 Saarlouis, DeutschlandQuellen

• www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de
• www.saarland.de