Celebrities scrounge for your scraps

Former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill was on the street last Wednesday, trying to raise a bit of cash for a meal.
He was asking office workers in Martin Place to donate their lunch money to help the hungry and homeless.
In return, he and SBS television personality Maeve O’Meara were handing out meat pies.
OzHarvest rescues unwanted food from restaurants, retailers, food outlets and corporate kitchens to feed needy communities.
MacGill said he got behind the charity because it was easy to see how its work quickly helped people with a very basic need.
“Most charities that you come across nowadays, it’s very difficult to know how much of your money actually ends up where you want it to go,” he said.
The retired leg-spinner was also impressed with the quality of the food OzHarvest dishes out.
“It’s not about old food, or past use-by dates, there’s none of that. It’s all fresh food,” said MacGill.
“We’re making better use of the food that’s out there.
“There’s top quality sirloin being served to people that otherwise might maybe not even have a meal.”
OzHarvest founding director Ronni Kahn said the charity hoped to raise more than $500 in Martin Place to help pay its operating expenses.
Her larger aim is to raise $100,000 from all the companies around Sydney, Wollongong and Canberra.
“It’s a charity that makes so much sense,” she said.
“One dollar equals one meal, so that’s a lot of meals.”
Sydney City Council would not give her permission to operate a pie heater in Martin Place, so the meat pies – donated by Harry’s Cafe de Wheels – were cold and not as popular as anticipated.

by Sarah Burnell