Food Banks BC executive director Dan Huang-Taylor says the increasing frequency and intensity of major weather events is just one of the reasons for increased food bank usage. It comes as Food Banks BC is taking a thorough and comprehensive look at its current model. He said the organization ...
Fax: (604) 870-5444 Below is a sample letter that we have adapted from the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, of which we are a supporter. Feel free to use it or write your own. The Abbotsford Food Bank has been feeding our city for over 50 years!
A food bank serving the Saanich Peninsula area of Greater Victoria is appealing for donations while services across B.C. and Canada face growing demand due to inflation and other factors. “We are getting a little bit desperate for food on the shelf,” said Tyson Elder, operati...
Stats Can finds many Canadians do not have financial resources to sustain ‘well-being’ BC Ferries employees working at Swartz Bay donated about 1,400 pounds of food to the Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank following suspension of food services in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy...
A partir del Marzo 2, 2020, el Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB) anunció un cambio importante en su proceso para admitir clientes nuevos y existentes, el cual requerirá documentación adicional para acceder comida. Como clientes, voluntarios, defensores de la seguridad alimentaria, organizacione...
We have to give up our plans for a boat trip along the River Thames and walk along the south bank. But the good news is we still have a huge selection of world-class museums. And many of them are free for visitors. You know, the UK’s capital isn’t a bad place to spend a ...
“It’s continuing to increase as the city grows larger,” said Food Bank manager Joanne Watson. “Individuals that have families, that have to access it that have never accessed it before. it’s going to increase simply out of necessity, into the h...
Genocide is the direction this country is going in, it is documented, wake up people, the govt doesn’t care about you, if they did then we would not have a privately owned bank they call the FED, (December 23, 1913) nor would Monsanto be trying to kill us with cancers. Lets not ...
The food bank has been operating since 1984, “to help those hurt by downturns in the economy. Since our modest beginnings, we have helped thousands of people.” The Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank is a non-profit, charitable organization run by a board of directors. The board oversees ...
Officers dropped off two shopping carts full of seized meat to the food bank that same day. The investigation is looking at multiple persons, and charges are pending, said Sgt. Don Stahl of COS. “It definitely was not an honest mistake,” Stahl said. ...