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 Read more…
The Richmond Food Bank Society is looking forward to 14th annual BC Thanksgiving Food Drive that takes place from September 19th-24th, 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 raise Read more…
Richmond Food Bank Society – Your Impact in 2021 We are pleased to share the impact of your collective efforts that allowed us to serve our neighbours through yet another challenging year. The increased need for emergency food assistance that we witnessed since the pandemic hit, continued to rise and Read more…
Happy Holidays! Here is our Holiday Schedule for December 2021 and early January 2022. Please note that our last grocery distribution of 2021 will be Thursday evening, December 23rd from 6pm-7:30pm at our main 5800 Cedarbridge Way location. There will be no grocery distribution on Saturday, December 25th 2021, or Read more…
From December 1st until December 31st 2021, Peterson is matching donations up to $10,000! This marks the sixth 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 Read more…
Have you ever been confused by best before dates and expiry dates? If so, it’s no wonder – there are many different codes and symbols used in different parts of the world, and their meaning is not always clear. We hope that this post will answer your questions, and help Read more…
The Richmond Food Bank Society is looking forward to the BC Thanksgiving Food Drive that raises thousands of pounds of food each year for food banks across BC. During these uncertain times, every effort will be made to make the initiative contactless and safe for all while raising enough food Read more…
An environmental scan to examine the makeup, gaps and opportunities in the shifting emergency food provisioning landscape within Richmond.
“The COVID-19 vaccine is saving lives. Vaccines do more than protect the people getting vaccinated, they also protect everyone around them. The more people in a community who are immunized and protected from COVID-19, the harder it is for COVID-19 to spread.” https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/vaccine/plan As COVID-19 transmission rates decrease and B.C. prepares to Read more…
To everyone who celebrates: Happy Easter! May it be a safe and relaxing one. A reminder to all that we will be OPEN on Easter Monday; Monday April 5 is not a Statutory Holiday in BC, so we remain open as normal for grocery distribution (10am – 3pm at 5800 Read more…