Camborne Foodbank Receives Unprecedented Donations After Featuring On BBC2 Programme

CAMBORNE, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 16: Don Gardner (centre), Founder of Transformation Camborne, Pool and Redruth (CPR) Foodbank Distribution Centre, with volunteers at the food bank's storage depot on November 16, 2020 in Camborne, England. Don Gardner appeared on the BBC documentary "Cornwall with Simon Reeve" that aired on BBC2. He made an emotional appeal in memory of his wife, Jen, who's funeral he would be attending the following day. Since the programme aired, Don has received in excess of £160,000 from generous donations from the public. The CPR Foodbank currently feeds 500 families in the Camborne and Redruth area, which has been hard hit by poverty. (Photo by Hugh Hastings/Getty Images)