On Wednesday 21 June 2017, we held our Annual General Meeting. AGMs are required under the BC Societies Act to elect the board of directors for the upcoming year. At our AGM, we re-elected our 11 person board of directors. You can learn about them on our About Us page. Read more…
We had a lovely time at the 2017 Walk for Alzheimer’s on Sunday 7 May 2017. RFB staff and volunteers walked in support of the members of our community with dementia or Alzheimer’s. We raised $915 in support programs and services in our community that improve the quality of life Read more…
Thank you to the Ismaili Community of Richmond for collecting donations during their Ramadan Food Drive! The Ismaili Community of Richmond has held this annual food drive for the past four years, collecting thousands of lbs of food. This year alone they collected over 600 lbs of high-quality non-perishable food Read more…
A big thank you to the BMO employees that stopped by for a Day of Caring on Monday 12 June 2017! They volunteered their time to clean our warehouse, sort donations, and prepare fresh produce for that day’s Boyd Grocery Distribution! We rely on volunteers to help more than 2200 Read more…
Thank you to the employees of USANA Health Sciences for volunteering with us on Monday 26 May 2017! USANA employees sorted donations and restocked our shelves in preparation for our weekly Grocery Distributions. They worked hard to ensure we’d be ready and we’re grateful for their efforts! If your office Read more…
On Friday 24 February 2017, our community came together to celebrate former RFB Executive Director Margaret Hewlett and her 28 years of service to Richmond. A packed house of RFB volunteers, people from our partner agencies, donors, and elected officials attended the festivities to recognize all that Margaret has done Read more…
We are very grateful that Peterson is holding a fundraising drive to support the Richmond Food Bank! Peterson is encouraging donations to support the Richmond Food Bank and will match up to $10 000 in donations! Monetary donations also go further- for every $1 we spend, we give out $6 Read more…
Thinking of holding a fundraiser or donation drive / food drive? We can help! Please take a moment to register your donation drive with us so that we can help make it a successful one. We can provide information, brochures, donation forms, collection boxes, and posters. If applicable, our volunteer Read more…
We are so grateful for the outpouring of support we received from our community during the 2016 BC Thanksgiving Food Drive on Saturday 17 September 2016. Thank you- to the hundreds of people who volunteered to deliver fliers, picked up donations, and sorted food; to the Church of Jesus Christ Read more…
We were blessed with another beautiful day for our 2016 Volunteers’ BBQ on Sunday 14 August 2016! Over 100 volunteers and their partners enjoyed burgers, salads, ice cream, and more goodies in beautiful Paulik Park. Thank you to RFB directors Ed Yee and Steve Miller for grilling the burgers! We 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!