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December 2019 Hours of Operation & Grocery Distribution Schedule

December 2019 Hours of Operation & Grocery Distribution Schedule

By Hajira Hussain in RFB News on November 25, 2019


Happy Holidays! Here is our Holiday Schedule for December 2019 and early January 2020.

Please note that our last grocery distribution of 2019 will be Monday, December 23 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm at our Steveston United Church Depot.

There will be no grocery distribution from December 24 2019 to January 1 2020 inclusive. 

However, there will be opportunities to pick up perishable foods as they are available (such as baked goods, produce, frozen items, and/or deli) on December 24th, December 26th, December 27th, December 30th, and December 31st from 10am until 12pm from our Cedarbridge Way location only. Please see calendar below.

The first grocery distribution in 2020 will be Thursday, January 2 from 11 am to 1 pm at our Cedarbridge Way location. Grocery distributions will continue as normal from 2 January 2020 onwards.Our office will be open (you can phone us or drop off donations) as normal – Monday to Friday 9 am to 3 pm and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm with the following exceptions:

Tuesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) – 9 am – 1 pm

Wednesday, December 25 (Christmas Day) – CLOSED

Friday, December 27 – 9 am – 12 pm

Tuesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve) – 9 am – 1 pm

Wednesday, January 1 2019 (New Year’s Day) – CLOSED

Please Contact Us if you have any questions about our distribution times and office hours.

We hope you and your family have a warm and bright holiday season.


About the author

Hajira Hussain

Hajira is the Richmond Food Bank's Executive Director.