The theft of two trailers threatened the viability of a voluntary free food service in Melton last week.
Thieves broke into the Combined Churches Caring Foodbank overnight last Thursday, stealing a large and small trailer.
Foodbank manager Denise Morris said the larger of the two trailers was found a few days later, along with mops, kitchen cabinets, tools and laundry cupboards – none of which belonged to the foodbank.
But the second trailer – a white, 6×4 model with an airbrushed Combined Churches Caring logo emblazoned on its side – is still missing.
“Somebody found one of the trailers at the front of their place on Friday night,” Ms Morris said.
“It seemed like quite an opportunistic theft.
“They [thieves] stole the kitchen cupboards from a nearby house, and it was just a matter of the trailer being nearby.”
Ms Morris said if the larger trailer hadn’t been found, it would’ve been a massive blow to the foodbank.
“We wouldn’t have been able to get the food … or we would have had to cut down dramatically on the amount of food we could provide.”
The foodbank has been burgled several times in recent years. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
