The local factory is distributing around 2 600 loaves of white and brown bread each week to various Non-Governmental Organisations during the national lockdown.<\/p>\n
Blue Ribbon is also spending around R12 000 monthly on a water filtration system to ensure that employees and NGO\u2019s have access to clean water.
\nEmployees are allowed 10 litres of filtered water every day. A filtration system of R18 000 was purchased and installed on the bakery\u2019s borehole.<\/p>\n
Apart from the needy, Blue Ribbon Bakery also supports the town\u2019s essential workers with ten loaves of bread given daily to the Middelburg and Mhluzi Police Stations, the local traffic department, as well as the fire station.<\/p>\n
Due to lockdown regulations, all loaves destined for the hungry and destitute are delivered daily to Feed A Child, who in turn distribute to the respective recipients.
\nThe homeless being housed at Solid Ground Church receive 50 loaves of bread daily from Monday to Saturday.<\/p>\n
For the next 15 days, Blue Ribbon will also donate R2 000 daily, of which R6 000 has been earmarked for KoppieStraat, who will receive R1 000 worth of meat and vegetables, mainly two days apart, 6 to 17 April.<\/p>\n
Some bread donations to NGO\u2019s which have been closed due to the national lockdown have been re-allocated to active feeding schemes.<\/p>\n
Apart from the bread staple, on Monday Blue Ribbon Bakery donated a consignment of infant formula Pre-NAN Pelargon 1-3, Lactogen 1-4, maize porridge, powdered milk, baby wipes, Vaseline, baby powder and feeding bottles to the Umephi Orphanage.<\/p>\n
The donation to the orphanage will be repeated on April 14.<\/p>\n
The following donations are being made:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Monday: 766 loaves of bread between the Bethesda House of Safety, CMR, Heart\/Soul\/Mind Project, Prayer Oven, school feeding schemes, Wondershoek, the Victim Support Centre, Feed A Child, Rosebuds Service Centre, Asikhambeni, Garment of Praise, Umephi Orphanage, the Care Village, Helpende Hand, Takalani and the SAVF.<\/p>\n \u2022 Tuesday: 450 loaves of bread between Corpus Christi, Greater Nkangala Rehabilitation Centre, Feed A Child, school feeding schemes, Hope Corner, Mid Hartklop, Mombuyiselo, By Grace Feeding Scheme, Lee Boerdery, the NG Church and One Light Life Beyond Disability Centre and Orphanage.<\/p>\n \u2022 Wednesday: 144 loaves of bread between Wondershoek, Feed A Child, Rosebud Service Centre, the Democratic Alliance and the SAVF.<\/p>\n \u2022 Thursday: 552 loaves of bread between Heart\/Soul\/Mind Project, Oorwinaars, Feed A Child, Asikhambeni, Garment of Praise, Umephi Orphanage, Care Village, Helpende Hand, Takalani, Mid Hartklop, By Grace Feeding Scheme, Lee Boerdery and One Light Life Beyond Disability Centre and Orphanage.<\/p>\n \u2022 Friday: 614 loaves of bread between the CMR, Greater Nkangala Rehabilitation Centre, Koppiestraat, Prayer Oven, Victim Support Centre, Wondershoek, Feed A Child, Middelburg Muslim Women\u2019s Forum, Rosebud Service Centre, Hope Corner and the SAVF.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sunday: 70 loaves between Divine Life and Spirit Ministries and Redemption Centre Ministries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bread remains one of the country\u2019s biggest food staple and Blue Ribbon Bakery isn\u2019t resting on its laurels to feed the hungry and homeless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":46870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Gerhard Rheeder","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[24287,24288,24286,24292,24291,24290,10010,24289,12898,10333],"class_list":["post-116436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-blue-ribbon-bakery","tag-blue-ribbon-bakery-donates-bread-to-feeding-schemes","tag-blue-ribbon-bread","tag-blue-robbon-makes-food-donations-during-lockdown","tag-food-donations-during-lockdown","tag-loaves-of-bread-donated-to-feeding-schemes","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-feeding-schemes-receive-donations-from-blue-ribbon","tag-middelburg-news","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["blue ribbon bakery","blue ribbon bakery donates bread to feeding schemes","blue ribbon bread","blue robbon makes food donations during lockdown","food donations during lockdown","loaves of bread donated to feeding schemes","local news","middelburg feeding schemes receive donations from blue ribbon","middelburg news","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}