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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 locations in Steveston. In 2007,…

In March, we will be seeing some changes to our grocery distribution hours. Beginning March 2nd, 2023, we will be introducing a Seniors Only 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…

Happy Holidays! Here is our Holiday Schedule for December 2022 and early January 2023. Please note that we will have an extended grocery distribution on Thursday December 22nd. There will be a morning distribution from 11am-2pm  and an evening distribution from 5pm-7:30pm at our main 5800 Cedarbridge Way location. This one time extended distribution is…

From December 1st until December 31st 2022, Peterson is matching donations up to $10,000! This marks the seventh consecutive year that Peterson has generously agreed to match donations during the holiday season to the Richmond Food Bank Society. We are very grateful for this amazing donation matching initiative that doubles the impact of donations for…

Dear Neighbours, Thank you so much for being a past donor of the Richmond Food Bank Society.  Your generous contribution has helped us to serve an unprecedented number of people during these difficult times. For almost 40 years, our Food Bank has been striving to provide healthy food to support those in need.  With the…