The West Coast Eagles has joined forces with Mrs Macs and Foodbank WA to take on hunger in the Western Australian community.

This Sunday West Coast’s players will have more motivation to execute tackles given Mrs Mac’s is donating 300 meals to Foodbank WA for every tackle that an Eagle lays. 

West Coast Eagles general manager of community & game development Richard O’Connell said Tackling Hunger Together further strengthened the already strong relationships between the West Coast Eagles, Foodbank WA and Mrs Macs.

"Over the years the long standing partnership between West Coast Eagles, our members and Foodbank has supported hundreds of WA families, we are extremely excited to further this helping hand through the generosity of one of our sponsor’s Mrs Mac’s,” O’Connell said.

"The demand is higher than ever to satisfy hunger relief in the community, so we urge Western Australians to get behind Foodbank WA."

"Sadly Foodbank is receiving an increasing number of requests for meals, so we encourage all West Australian’s, no matter who you support, to stand with the West Coast Eagles, Foodbank and Mrs Mac’s to help families in need” O’Connell said.

Mrs Mac’s chief executive Paul Slaughter said Mrs Mac’s could not be more proud of joining forces with Foodbank WA and the West Coast Eagles to help tackle hunger together.

“We have supported Foodbank WA since its inception 24 years ago and this opportunity to further pledge our support by donating 300 meals per tackle adds significantly to the hundreds of thousands we have donated over the years,” Slaughter said.

“We want to see a game full of tackles from the team this weekend to not only earn them the win but provide as many meals as we can for those families who are struggling in our community.” Paul Slaughter said.

Foodbank chief executive Greg Hebble was thrilled to be partnering with West Coast Eagles and Mrs Mac’s to provide food to Western Australians in times of need.

“Winter is a particularly tough time for many Western Australian households as they struggle to pay the rent, cover bills and put food on the table,” Hebble said.

“Some will have no choice but to reach out for food charity to provide a meal for themselves and their children.”

“Increasingly there is a gap between the amount of food that we rescue from landfill and the demand for food that exists in the community.

“This fantastic Mrs Mac’s initiative will help bridge that gap by providing up to 20,000 meals at a time when it’s needed most.”