We are very grateful to Peterson for their generous donation of $10 000! This donation was a result of matching funds from the Peterson Donation Drive we announced in November 2017. More than $11 000 was donated to the Richmond Food Bank in the Peterson Donation Drive, plus 200 lbs Read more…
Does your business have excess or close-dated perishable food items? Want to make sure that they get used instead of being discarded or going into the compost? The Richmond Food Bank will gratefully accept your items! We accept perishable food items from wholesale and retail businesses, including fresh fruits and Read more…
Loblaw Canada is holding a national food drive throughout the month of December! From 8 December to 24 December, Loblaw stores (including Loblaw’s City Market and Superstore) in Richmond will be accepting nonperishable donations to the Richmond Food Bank. They’re hoping to collect more than 1.3 million lbs of food Read more…
We’re happy to announce our 2017 December grocery distribution schedule!Our last grocery distribution of 2017 will be Thursday 21 December 6 pm to 7 pm at our Cedarbridge Way location. There will be no grocery distribution from 22 December 2017 to 1 January 2018. The first grocery distribution in 2018 Read more…
Because of a grant from Food Banks BC, we have a new walk-in cooler and freezer! Our new walk-in cooler and freezer greatly expands our capacity to store perishable food, allowing us to accept more fresh fruits & vegetables, dairy items, and even meat! Expanding the donations we can accept Read more…
A huge thank you to everyone who donated to or volunteered with the 2017 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 2017 BC Thanksgiving Food Drive in Read more…
We’re very excited for the upcoming Can-struction event on Sunday 29 October 2017! From 8 am to 11 am at Lansdowne Mall, students from across Richmond will assemble creative designs out of cans of food. All the non-perishable food items they use will then be donated to the Richmond Food Read more…
We had a lot of fun at the Steveston Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday 26 August 2017! The RFB Volunteers’ Dragon Boat team competed very well in the races, coming in 4th in their division. We’re proud of the team’s dedication and sportsmanship- they represented us well! We enjoyed being Read more…
We are very excited for the upcoming BC Thanksgiving Food Drive, held on Saturday 16 September 2017. 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 Read more…
Our good friends at the Richmond Poverty Response Committee are holding the first-ever “Richmond Poverty Action Forum” on Thursday 28 September from 9 am to 4 pm at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel. The Action Forum brings together Richmond residents experiencing poverty, people working on issues related to poverty, and Read more…
Our office will be closed on Monday, October 13th for Thanksgiving Day. There will be no distribution at both the Cedarbridge location, as well as the West Richmond Depot.
Have a safe and restful long weekend!
Our office will be closed on Monday, October 13th for Thanksgiving Day. There will be no distribution at both the Cedarbridge location, as well as the West Richmond Depot.
Have a safe and restful long weekend!