We are very excited for the upcoming BC Thanksgiving Food Drive this month! 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 financial difficulties. Please Read more…
The Third annual Best on the Block BBQ Rib Cook-off is coming up on Saturday August 17th. Visit the Marriott & Sheraton Parking Lot – 7571 Westminster Hwy, from 11am – 2pm for delicious ribs and beer. All proceeds go to the Richmond Food Bank! Please join us at this Read more…
We had a wonderful time at Pathways Clubhouse‘s Taking Care of Business breakfast on Wednesday 18 April in the Executive Hotel. Pathways Clubhouse is a charity in Richmond that “offers hope, encouragement and opportunities to people who live with mental illness.” Pathways provides a supported environment for people as they Read more…
March is Nutrition Month, and we’re happy to celebrate it! Nutrition is always our focus at the Richmond Food Bank- we work hard to make sure we’re offering healthy, nutritious food to the people we serve. We aim to ensure that 1/3 of what we give out is fresh fruits 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 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 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…
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…
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…