The Mount Maunganui Bridge Club has thrown its weight behind the Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal for the second year running.
Club member Jo-An White said she did not hesitate to organise the collection when she read about the appeal for the Tauranga Community Foodbank.
"I put the box out as soon as I read about it in the paper and it's been dribbling in."
About 50 cans had been donated and delivered to the foodbank so far, she said.
"I've always done volunteer work. I just feel you should contribute in any way you can if you have the spare time. Now that I'm retired why not? It's nothing to me to drop them off. You do what you can do."