Meet the Team! With 2023 right around the corner, this marks the first few months of our new Volunteer Engagement team in action! Hailey Pinker and Lisa Bui have been working hard behind the scenes to further develop and enhance our overall volunteer experience across the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB). Recently, you may have…
Be in the Know GVFB Team Feature Hirendra (Harry) is one of the newest drivers responsible for picking up and delivering healthy food to our communities, including the Vancouver CAP Market (VCM)! He drives far and wide across the lower mainland, from our industry partners such as Windset Farms and Superstore to our Community Capacity…
We are ecstatic to be awarded as the Not-for-Profit Organization of the Year at the Burnaby Business Excellence Awards hosted by the Burnaby Board of Trade! The Not-For-Profit Organization of the Year was designed for a Not-For-Profit organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the Burnaby community and its citizens, and in doing so…
Giving Tuesday is a global movement of giving and doing good by your community. Following the biggest shopping days of the year, Giving Tuesday is an opportunity to spark or rekindle your connection with a charity or cause and invest in its mission. With our critical mission of providing healthy food to those in need,…
We are pleased to welcome FIVE new board members to the GVFB Board of Directors: Lisa Coltart, Jonathan Cote, Brahm Kornbluth, Ed Ratnarajah, and Robin Smith. We look forward to having them provide their expertise and guidance as we continue providing healthy food to those in need. Lisa Coultart Lisa is committed to helping mentor…
BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR NEW GARDEN We have exciting FRESH news to share – we’ve started a garden for our Community Agency Partners (CAPs)! Since June, our team has grown a variety of delicious greens and herbs such as kale, lettuce, basil, cilantro, parsley, beets, carrots, kohlrabi and more. Our garden is a true community…
It’s back-to-school season, and for many, that means a whirlwind of challenges such as homework, exams, and juggling extracurriculars. Food insecurity should not be one of them. 24% of our new registrants in the past year were post-secondary students, and we expect this number to grow in the upcoming months. WHY IS THE RATE OF…
June 28th, 2022 For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC – The Greater Vancouver Food Bank’s (GVFB) lease is running out at 295 Terminal Ave. in Vancouver. Their team of staff and volunteers sees 450 – 750+ people come through their doors 5 days a week, supporting a total of 2,500 – 3,000 lives weekly. Vancouver clients…
Based on our food bank demographic trends, seniors living in our community have become increasingly at risk of experiencing food insecurity and malnutrition. The number of senior clients we supported was at an all-time high in 2019 but has since dropped due to the pandemic. Currently, 17% of the clients we support are seniors, with many…
Soraya: Feeding her future Your compassion helps those struggling with the exorbitant cost of living in Greater Vancouver: from families, to seniors, to students. Since the beginning of 2022, we have seen an influx of international students seeking food support. 19-year-old Soraya moved to Vancouver in December 2021. As an international student, she hasn’t been…
