Cream Cares

Sometimes I pinch myself – have I got the Best Job in the World!!

I meet the very people who grow and produce some of the finest foods in this country – cleanly, responsibly and ethically –it’s no wonder the quality is truly amazing (apologies to any supermarket who may be listening!).

I work with lovely people at Cream and we get to meet great people from diverse backgrounds; local people, people from all over Melbourne, people from all over Australia and around the world.

Everyone loves food – whether they acknowledge it or not.  It unites us.  Whether to fuel us because we’re hungry or something special when we have more time, we know straight away when something really grabs us. Food is a magical thing that brings us all together.  It’s about people, relationships, and opportunities.

Cream Cares is the ‘silent’ part of Cream at Sassafras that we look to build steadily in time. It’s our way of using the fantastic opportunities available to us — so many good people, so much nice food — to look for ways to help those in the Community who are travelling in a hard place in life.

Like the lady we heard of through a local church last year who had just been diagnosed with cancer. It wasn’t enough that she had three children under five and her husband had left her, life sent out just one more major challenge – so unfair.

At Cream we have bread sometimes left over from the day, items with misprinted labels we can’t sell, samples left for us by reps who want us to purchase their foods.  What better use for these than to give it to this family?  Each week we sent more and more good food supplemented with items on our own too.  This felt really good. But we wanted to do more to help her reduce her weekly shopping so we talked to a few suppliers. Wow – the “flood gates” opened. We were sent extra bread, cakes, chips, chicken, meats, cheese, with our orders, at no charge.

People are so giving, so good.