​What Do We Do?

​- Divert waste from landfill
- Address community food insecurities
​- Make the healthy choice more accessible

Impact:

​Food recovered: Over 470,000 lbs
Meals produced: Over 40,000 servings

Who is involved?


Volunteers: 
- From picking up food, to sorting, processing & cooking!
- Averaging 275 hours per month

We recover food weekly from these local donors:
- Save On Foods
- Real Canadian Superstore
- Bread & Butter Bakery
- Burrito Grill
- Will call basis: Stoke Market, Shopper's Drug Mart, local restaurants, restaurant suppliers, farms & backyard gardens

We distribute recovered food weekly to these agency partners:
- Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank
- Local Schools (Selkirk Secondary, McKim Elementary, Alternate, Independent, Ecole Francophone)
- Blarchmont Early Learning Centre
- Bellies to Babies Pregnancy Outreach
- Home Support Nursing
- Seniors Helping Seniors
- Aq'am School & Community Pantry
- Gardenview Assisted Living subsidized residents
- Community Paramedic
- As needed: local church groups, community events, after-care programs

We distribute food directly each week via:
- Doorstep Deliveries
- Friday Open to Public
- Volunteers

​What are we doing to reach our goals?

- Distributing fresh groceries through agencies & the public
- Producing & distributing meals
- Distributing compost & animal feed to farmers
- Working toward longterm sustainability (funding from a variety of sources & means)
- Building food literacy skills

Why do we do it? 

- To be part of building a healthy community (people & our environment) 
- To increase the impact of already existing services
- To identify & fill gaps in community food services ​

How are we doing it?

- Building & Cultivating Relationships
- Volunteers  
- Agencies
- Donors
- Businesses 
- Other Non-Profits
- Government
- Funders
- Inclusive & Empowered Food Access
- Accessibility & Welcoming Atmosphere
- Lowering Stigma
- Group Cooking
- Collaborations
- Resource Sharing
- Collective Planning
MORE INFO?
[email protected]    
​(250)- 427 -7981

Located on the backside of the Kimberley Health Centre (260-4th Ave), our entrance can be found on the west side of the building, first door when you drive around the building.