Happy holidays! Here is our holiday schedule for late December 2023 to early January 2024. Click here for a PDF version of the schedule. Please note that there will be NO grocery distribution from Monday, December 25th, 2023 to Monday, January 1st, 2024. During this week, our office will be Read more…
The Richmond Food Bank Society is looking forward to 16th annual BC Thanksgiving Food Drive that will take place from September 18th-23rd, this year. This province wide initiative raises thousands of pounds of quality non perishable food, in support of food banks across BC. The goal this year is to Read more…
On June 21st, 2023, the Richmond Food Bank Society held its 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM). AGMs are required under the BC Societies Act to elect the board of directors for the upcoming year. At our AGM, we elected our 2023/2024 Board of Directors, reviewed our audited financial statements, and Read more…
Save the date! The Richmond Food Bank Society is hosting an Open House & Community Pantry Launch on Friday, June 23rd from 12pm-2pm. The Open House will feature many of the food security community partners working in collaboration with the food bank and the collective, tangible actions each of us Read more…
Summer in Canada brings many wonderful things like beautiful weather and the chance to enjoy the outdoors more often. However, for many Canadian Food Banks (and other charitable organizations), donations tend to drop in summertime as compared to the winter months. To help save charities coast-to-coast from the summer-giving drought, Read more…
Warehouse Coordinator The Richmond Food Bank is looking for a dynamic, outgoing, caring, and compassionate individual to join our team as a Warehouse Coordinator. About the Richmond Food Bank Society The Richmond Food Bank Society supports food security and nourishment needed to sustain health and well-being. Each week our volunteers Read more…
Richmond Food Bank Society – 2022 Year in Review We are pleased to share the impact of your collective efforts that allowed us to serve our neighbours through yet another busy year. The increased need for emergency food assistance that we witnessed since the Covid-19 pandemic hit continued to rise. Read more…
We are looking to add new members to the Richmond Food Bank Society’s Board of Directors. We care greatly about adding Board members that will help in the Society’s mission to be a caring organization that provides food assistance, advocacy and related support for community members in need. Our aim Read more…
2023 marks the Richmond Food Bank’s 40th anniversary. On March 6th, 1983, the Richmond Food Bank opened its doors to its first clients. 20 families were served that day at Howard de Beck School. Since then, we’ve moved around Richmond, including The Public Works Yard on Lynas Lane and two Read more…
We will be introducing a Seniors Only (55+) Distribution on Thursday mornings from 11am-2pm. Roughly 24% of the people we serve are seniors and we recognize how difficult it can be for some of the older clients in our community to stand for long periods of time. We hope that this Read more…