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…
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 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…
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…
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…
The Richmond Food Bank is very grateful for your donations that enable us to serve more than 1400 people each week through our grocery distribution and more than 700 people through the food we provide to our community partners. We rely on your support, as we are a registered charity Read more…