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A meal is easy to measure. What’s harder to captu A meal is easy to measure.

What’s harder to capture is what it feels like when someone turns up at your door at exactly the point you’re running on empty.

Our Annual Report features our 2025/26 recipient survey data, which found that: 

94% felt cared for.
90% got some stress relief.
85% realised they weren’t alone.

That’s pretty special.

We love kai – but we also love making life feel a little more manageable and reminding families that their community is there for them 🩷
We’re still counting the pasta donated during Spag We’re still counting the pasta donated during Spaghetti September, but we’re already well into the thousands of packets! 

Thank you to everyone who donated money or pasta, hosted a collection or fundraiser, or helped spread the word. 

Every dollar helps keep our volunteers cooking and delivering. And the spaghetti means we can deliver pasta alongside our bolognese, so whānau have everything they need for dinner. 

The full Double Donation Day matching fund was claimed too! Thank you to @themeatboxnz, @ignite_aotearoa, My Office Girl and Silver Fern Farms for helping donations go further. 

From all of us at Bellyful, thank you🩷
YOU DID IT! The full Double Donation Day matching YOU DID IT!

The full Double Donation Day matching fund has been claimed! We are absolutely blown away by how you’ve shown up for Bellyful today and throughout September. Thank you to everyone who has donated, shared our posts and cheered us on. And we love all the beautiful messages! 

A huge thank you to @themeatboxnz @ignite_aotearoa My Office Girl and Silver Fern Farms for putting their support behind the match and stirring up good! We’ve brought home the bolognese!

Spaghetti September continues until the end of today and donations are still open. We’ll share a full Spaghetti September update soon. For now, thank you. We’re feeling all the love. 🩷
Double donations are live! 🍝 It’s the final day o Double donations are live! 🍝

It’s the final day of Spaghetti September. Thanks to Silver Fern Farms, Ignite Aotearoa, My Office Girl and The Meat Box, donations to Bellyful are being matched dollar for dollar while matching funds last.

When you donate, you help make that knock at the door possible for a whānau with a baby or young child. Dinner is taken care of, and a parent or caregiver knows somebody cares.

Let’s finish Spaghetti September strong. Donate now: link in bio!
It’s on! Today is the final day of Spaghetti Septe It’s on! Today is the final day of Spaghetti September, and you can double your donation to Bellyful RIGHT NOW!

Thanks to Silver Fern Farms, Ignite Aotearoa, My Office Girl and The Meat Box, donations made today will be matched dollar for dollar while matching funds last. Give $20 and it becomes $40. Give $100 and it becomes $200.

When you give, you help a whānau with a baby or young child open the freezer after a long day and find dinner already there. You give tired parents and caregivers a chance to sit down, eat - and breathe.

Let’s bring home the bolognese. Donate now: https://fundraise.bellyful.org.nz/event/spaghetti-september-2026
Tomorrow is the final day of Spaghetti September, Tomorrow is the final day of Spaghetti September, and we’re going out big! 

From 9am on Wednesday 30 September, four generous businesses will match donations to Bellyful dollar for dollar while matching funds last. Give $20 and it becomes $40. Give $100 and it becomes $200.

When you donate, you help put dinner in the freezer for a whānau running on empty. You take one thing off exhausted parents’ shoulders and show them somebody cares.

You’ve brought the pasta this September. Tomorrow, let’s bring home the bolognese too. 🩷
https://fundraise.bellyful.org.nz/event/spaghetti-september-2026

A special thank you to our matching partners: Silver Fern Farms, Ignite Aotearoa, My Office Girl and The Meat Box.
Meet our fourth and final Spaghetti September matc Meet our fourth and final Spaghetti September matching partner: Silver Fern Farms. 
 
On Wednesday 30 September (that's tomorrow!) Silver Fern Farms will match donations to Bellyful as part of our matched giving fund. That means your donation can go twice as far, while matching funds last.
 
Silver Fern Farms is proud to nourish communities across New Zealand. We’re grateful they’re putting that commitment behind Bellyful, helping us get free meals to families with babies and young children when dinner is one thing too many.
 
Thank you, Silver Fern Farms, for helping us bring home the bolognese!
 
🍝 Wednesday 30 September, from 9am
🍝 Donations matched while funds last
 
 #BellyfulNZ #SpaghettiSeptember #StirringUpGood
Look at all this pasta! 🍝 With just a few days of Look at all this pasta! 🍝

With just a few days of Spaghetti September left, we want to say a huge thank you. To everyone who’s organised a pasta drive, put out a collection box, dropped off a packet, donated money to help Bellyful get meals to whānau, or helped spread the word: you’ve been amazing.

Seeing all this pasta come in from communities across Aotearoa has been pretty special. We’re feeling the love and we’re passing it on to the families we support!

And the pasta is still coming. The Havelock North Fire Brigade will be out from 6pm on Wednesday, collecting unopened packets of dried spaghetti for Bellyful Hawke’s Bay. Look out for the big red truck! 🚒🍝 There are still collection points open across Aotearoa too.

And we’re going out big. You’ve brought the pasta, now let’s bring home the bolognese.

This Wednesday, 30 September, you can double your donation to Bellyful from 9 am, thanks to four generous businesses matching gifts dollar for dollar while matched funds last.

Thank you for being part of Spaghetti September. 🩷

https://fundraise.bellyful.org.nz/event/spaghetti-september-2026

 #bellyfulnz #SpaghettiSeptemberNZ #fillingbellies #together
Our third Matched Giving Day partner is @ignite_ao Our third Matched Giving Day partner is @ignite_aotearoa !

From 9 am this Wednesday, ignite will match donations to Bellyful dollar for dollar, alongside our other generous partners. Give $20 and it becomes $40 to help Bellyful get free meals to whānau who need them, while matched funds last.

We’re lucky to know ignite already. They help our people look after their own wellbeing, and now they’re getting behind whānau across Aotearoa too.

“At ignite we are proud to support the wellbeing of the nationwide Bellyful team and the incredible mahi they do to support New Zealand families at a time they need it most.”

Thank you, ignite, for matching donations and being part of Spaghetti September’s big finish!

🍝 Wednesday 30 September, from 9 am 
🍝 Donations matched while funds are available

 #BellyfulNZ #SpaghettiSeptember #StirringUpGood
They help businesses through the busy patches. Now They help businesses through the busy patches. Now they’re helping whānau through the hard ones. 

We’re thrilled to introduce My Office Girl as one of the four brilliant businesses making our Spaghetti September Matched Giving Day possible. 

The My Office Girl team spends its days helping local businesses stay on their feet when things get busy or tough, so Bellyful’s support for whānau really struck a chord. 

They’ve generously contributed $500 to our matching pool, helping donations made on 30 September go twice as far. 

As they put it: 

“We’re proud to help bring home the bolognese for whānau who could use a little extra support.” 

Thank you, My Office Girl, for getting behind Bellyful and stirring up some serious good with us! 

🍝 30 September 
🍝 One day only 
🍝 Donations matched while funds are available 

Find out more about My Office Girl: www.myofficegirl.co.nz 

#BellyfulNZ #SpaghettiSeptember #StirringUpGood

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