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Holiday Matching Campaign 2022

By Hajira Hussain in Donation on November 22, 2022

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…

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Message from our President

By Hajira Hussain in Thank You on November 15, 2022

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…

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BC Thanksgiving Food Drive 2022

By Hajira Hussain in Community Events on September 19, 2022

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 over 600,000lbs of non perishable…

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National Volunteer Week 2022

By Hajira Hussain in Thank You on June 4, 2022

National Volunteer Week (April 24-30) was a time to celebrate all our amazing volunteers who dedicate countless hours of their precious time to serve our neighbours in need.  Our volunteer team consists of over 250 active volunteers that help us out at our main site as well as at our two off-site depots. Volunteers young…

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2021 Impact Report

By Hajira Hussain in Donation on June 4, 2022

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 resulted in a 19% increase…

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