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A $10,000 donation is helping ensure St Vincent de Paul's food vans can keep performing their vital services.
Instead of sending Christmas cards to their customers this year, TasNetworks have decided to make a donation to people doing it tough, as well as helping to prepare food to be served from the van in Launceston.
TasNetworks chief executive Sean Mc Goldrick said making the donation was a part of their role in the community.
"We are going to send an electronic message to our customers and suppliers to say thanks and that we have donated to help those in need," he said.
"We are here to serve the local community in Tasmania and we serve them in many different ways, primarily through electricity services, but we are also a part of the community and we give back when we can."
TasNetworks have donated $5000 each to Vinnies Hobart, Vinnies Launceston as well as other charities Gran's Van in Devonport and Orange Sky - a mobile laundry service for those in need.
St Vincent de Paul Society Tasmania chief executive Lara Alexander said the donation represented a tremendous amount of support.
"The $10,000 that TasNetworks has donated is a significant amount, which will ensure we can have plenty of food available for people in need," she said.
"In Hobart, where there is a high demand, we have three vans that go out almost every night in various areas of the Southern region, like Huonville and Bridgewater.
"In Launceston we have the van every second night, as we alternate with Salvation Army, and then we have two vans on the North West Coast, so in total we have six vans across Tasmania."
Ms Alexander said that without donations and volunteers, the organisation would be unable to do the work it does.
"Without people donating their time and giving donations we wouldn't be able to allocate the entirety of the donations to the food itself," she said.
"We find that as we go into Christmas a lot of people come to the vans more often.
"Our service attracts people needing food but also to sit, have a chat and have some social interactions with people. This time of the year can be stressful so it's great we can help."
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