FLAGSTONE Food Bank volunteers are working tirelessly to ensure no one goes hungry this Christmas.
Hampers packed with goodies and essentials are just $15 are available for the festive season, and can be collected until Friday, December 18.
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They include fruit and vegetables, meat, cereal, rice, pasta and treats for kids.
The food bank hands out between 50 and 70 hampers each week, each costing $15.
Daniel Cinzio, wife Tammy and children Jonathan, Kiraleigh and Kassi are the people behind the vital community service. Andrew Newitt is a regular volunteer, along with a handful of others.
It was born out of Mrs Cinzio's passion for helping people.
"We wanted to do something for a long time, but we never had the facilities," Mr Cinzio said.
The food bank opened its doors at the Flagstone Community Centre at 19 Trailblazer Drive earlier this year, and has gone from strength to strength.
The couple said they get a range of people through the door, from women fleeing domestic violence to people who had lost their job in the economic downturn which followed COVID-19.
Since restrictions had eased, Mr Cinzio said he had noticed less people approaching for help.
"It feels like the stress and the worry has abated a bit," he said.
"I'm glad people are getting back on their feet."
The generosity of Jimboomba's locals has long been celebrated, and Mr Cinzio backed up that claim.
"There has not been one week since we started where someone hasn't walked in off the street, messaged on Facebook, and hasn't come in and donated, and isn't that good," he said.
A number of local business donate to the cause, and some offer heavy discounts for the food bank to buy hamper items.
Interested volunteers are always putting their hand up to come and help out, and the food bank gets more calls offering to help than it can deal with.
"More people call than we can use," Mr Cinzio said.
"When there is a need, there are some kind and generous people out there, and it is lovely."
The first offer of a donation when the facility opened was a little boy who gave up his pocket money to help pay for a hamper.
"That's just lovely," Mr Cinzio said.
"This is a place of hope and joy in tough times."
The food bank is open from 2-4.30pm every Friday, but is having a break over the festive season.
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