Souped up charity effort

FERNTREE Gully based businessman Colin Lear will soon brave a cold winter night, all in the name of helping the homeless.
The chief executive officer of Tasty Fresh Food will take part in the St Vincent de Paul event, CEO Sleepout, at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on Thursday, 18 June.
In fact, since 1995, Mr Lear has committed to putting food wastage to better use, through donating huge quantities of soup that has not sold during the day.
Mr Lear said this had helped many people.
“Over the past two decades, we have donated over $15 million in fresh food stock to Vinnies soup vans,” he said.
“This serves hundreds of meals to the homeless and needy across Melbourne each and every day.”
In Victoria alone, there are an estimated 23,000 homeless every night.
To sponsor a CEO, visit www.ceosleepout.org.au.