Both our offices and our Boyd Grocery Depot will be closed on Monday 12 February 2018 for BC Family Day. Our offices will reopen on Tuesday 13 February at 9 am. The next grocery depot will be our Daniels Depot on Tuesday 13 February from 3:30 to 5 pm. The Read more…
Does your business have excess or close-dated perishable food items? Want to make sure that they get used instead of being discarded or going into the compost? The Richmond Food Bank will gratefully accept your items! We accept perishable food items from wholesale and retail businesses, including fresh fruits and Read more…
We’re happy to announce our 2017 December grocery distribution schedule!Our last grocery distribution of 2017 will be Thursday 21 December 6 pm to 7 pm at our Cedarbridge Way location. There will be no grocery distribution from 22 December 2017 to 1 January 2018. The first grocery distribution in 2018 Read more…
Because of a grant from Food Banks BC, we have a new walk-in cooler and freezer! Our new walk-in cooler and freezer greatly expands our capacity to store perishable food, allowing us to accept more fresh fruits & vegetables, dairy items, and even meat! Expanding the donations we can accept Read more…
On Wednesday 21 June 2017, we held our Annual General Meeting. AGMs are required under the BC Societies Act to elect the board of directors for the upcoming year. At our AGM, we re-elected our 11 person board of directors. You can learn about them on our About Us page. Read more…
We held our annual general meeting on Wednesday 15 June 2016 in the Richmond Food Bank. As a NPO in BC and a registered charity in Canada, we are required to hold a meeting of the Richmond Food Bank Society’s members every year. This important meeting addresses several pieces of Read more…
We had a wonderful time at the 2016 Food Banks BC AGM, held on Sunday 15 May to Tuesday 17 May 2016 in Victoria, BC! The Food Banks BC AGM is an opportunity for us to meet with other food banks, learn from experts on issues facing NPOs, charities, and Read more…
Our 2016 Strategic Planning session, held on Saturday 30 January 2016, was a rousing success! Every year, RFB directors and staff come together to look at the challenges our community faces and the obstacles and advantages we have in addressing those challenges. The Strategic Planning Session is an opportunity for Read more…
Here is a message from Sheila Johnston, President of the Richmond Food Bank: Dear Neighbours, On behalf of the Richmond Food Bank, I want to thank our supporters for your donations to help our neighbours in need. Your gifts of money, food, services, and time enabled us to provide grocery Read more…
A Christmas message from Sheila Johnston, Richmond Food Bank President: Your donations, gifts, and volunteer hours are essential to providing reliable year-round service as we receive no public funding. With your support, our volunteers give grocery assistance to 1350 to 1450 people in a week. During our distributions we also Read more…