Community Partners

We provide food to Richmond agencies assisting vulnerable populations.

Community Partners

We are grateful for our strong partnerships with many like-minded community groups and organizations. These partnerships help us fulfill our mission of helping our neighbours in need.

We are a Hub supporting community food services across Richmond

We are proud to support many organizations and programs by providing them with essential food and supplies. Our cold food transportation and storage capacity, warehouse, and connections to donors (retailers, manufacturers, distribution centers, farms, and more) allow us to act as a community food hub, distributing food and supplies to many organizations serving the Richmond community.

These partner organizations provide food-related services, from free community take-out meals, to community kitchens, and much more:

  • Agape Street Ministry
  • Atira Women’s Resource Society
  • Church on Five Community Meal
  • Drop In Centre at St Alban
  • Family Services of Greater Vancouver
  • Gilmore Park United Community Meal
  • Salvation Army Extreme Weather Shelter
  • Pathways Clubhouse- Canadian Mental Health Association
  • Peace Mennonite Church Community Meal
  • Richmond Baptist Community Meal
  • Richmond Family Place
  • Richmond School District (specific programs)
  • Richmond Youth Services Agency-Community Connections
  • Salvation Army Community Meal
  • Salvation Army-Harbour Light
  • St Alban Breakfast and Lunch Program
  • St Alban Community Meal
  • Touchstone Family Association
  • Turning Point Recovery Society

If your agency or initiative serves low-income people and families in Richmond and would like to know how we can support your efforts, please Contact Us.

Partnerships make us stronger

The Richmond Food Bank Society is affiliated with the following organizations, or partner with them on specific programs:

We are grateful for the ongoing volunteer support from these wonderful organizations:

  • BCIT Nursing Program
  • Developmental Disabilities Association
  • Langara College Nursing Program
  • Richmond Society for Community Living
  • Pathways Clubhouse
  • UBC Community Learning Initiative
  • UBC Nursing Program
  • UBC Nutrition Students
  • Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Youth Unlimited

We also sit on the following community committees:

  • Literacy Richmond
  • Richmond Community Meals Round Table
  • Richmond Community Services Advisory Committee
  • Richmond Poverty Reduction Coalition
  • Richmond Seniors’ Transportation Committee
  • Vancouver Coastal Health CORe

We are proud to be a Good Food Organization with Community Food Centres Canada. Organizations join this network based on a set of shared “good food principles,” which speak to their commitment to develop grassroots food programs that support dignity and health for people living on low incomes.