The Tauranga Community Foodbank's coffers have been given a $10,000 boost, thanks to a generous donation from the Port of Tauranga.
Port of Tauranga chief executive Mark Cairns said the organisation began to donate to the foodbank after they stopped their corporate gifts a few years ago.
"We decided we'd stop the corporate gifts ... and use the money we'd normally spend on that for donating to charity," he said.
"We allocated the lion's share - $10,000 - to the foodbank, and we get our staff to nominate the other charity."
This year, the other charity they donated to was the Cancer Society.