The charity serves up 3,000 dinners and 1,000 food hampers every week to those in need
The Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin is expecting to hand out 3,000 food vouchers today to help people over the Christmas period.The charity has been giving out Christmas food hampers every year since the 1970s, but switched to giving out vouchers during the Covid pandemic.
The €50 voucher for Dunnes Stores can be used to purchase food or clothes, but cannot be used to purchase alcohol, tobacco or lottery cards.That process was halted for a time amid concerns around crowd control.
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