We are very grateful to Peterson for their generous donation of $10 000! This is the third year in a row that Peterson has held a matching donation drive (up to $10,000). The first year’s drive raised more than $6500 (plus Peterson’s matching donation). More than $11 000 was donated Read more…
Thank you again to Richmond Auto Mall! The proceeds of their annual donation drive were $32, 000 and over 860 lbs of food! We can’t thank the Richmond Auto Mall enough. The Richmond Auto Mall has held an annual donation drive for over a decade! Since they’ve started, the Richmond Auto Read more…
Happy Holidays! Here is our Holiday Schedule for December 2018 / January 2019. Please note that our last grocery distribution of 2018 will be Saturday, December 22 from 10 am to 11:30 am at our Richmond Baptist Church Depot. There will be no grocery distribution from December 23 2018 to Read more…
The Richmond Food Bank is pleased to announce that we have joined Community Food Centres Canada’s Good Food Organizations program to showcase our commitment to offering impactful community food programs based in principles of health, empowerment, and respect. With over 175 other Good Food Organizations and 10 Community Food Centres Read more…
A huge thank you to everyone who donated to or volunteered with the 2018 BC Thanksgiving Food Drive! Volunteers from across Richmond collected food and money donations to help our neighbours in need. This effort was part of a larger, province-wide food drive. The 2018 BC Thanksgiving Food Drive in Read more…
We are very excited for the upcoming BC Thanksgiving Food Drive, on Saturday September 15 2018. Started in 2009, the BC Thanksgiving Food Drive has collected more than 10 000 lbs of food each year in Richmond alone. All food collected in Richmond goes to help Richmond residents going through Read more…
Our new grocery distribution depot opened at the Steveston United Church located on 3720 Broadway Street is growing and reaching out to more and more neighbours in need from around the west Richmond area. It has been two months since we opened a grocery distribution depot at the church facility and there has already been a (more…)
Our 2018 Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday, June 20th 2018 at our main site located at #100-5800 Cedarbridge way. Our Auditor from Reid Hurst Nagy presented the audited financial statements and it was reassuring to know that we had a healthy financial year in 2017. Hajira Hussain presented Read more…
Thank you to the Ismaili and the Shia Muslim Community of Richmond for their generous donation of over 700 lbs of food! The Muslim community from the Ismaili Community Centre & Jamatkhana and Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre, ran a Ramadan Food Drive at their respective mosques and collected non-perishable food items Read more…
The Richmond Food Bank has been named the beneficiary of the Mid-Autumn Festival Charity Dating Auction. This exciting event is being presented by the Richmond News in partnership with Aberdeen Centre. Some of Richmond’s finest professionals and businesses have offered their expertise to the winning bidders. Lots of amazing packages to be won Read more…