​What Do We Do?

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

Impact:

​Food recovered: 620,000+ lbs
Meals produced: 50,000+ servings

Who is involved?


Amazing Volunteers: 
From picking up food, to sorting, processing & cooking, we can't do it without them!
- Averaging 300 hours per month

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

We distribute recovered food & meals weekly to these agency partners:
- Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank
- Local Schools (Selkirk Secondary, McKim Elementary, Alternate, Independent, Ecole Francophone)
- Kimberley Early Learning Centre
- Bellies to Babies Pregnancy Outreach
- Home Support Nursing
- Seniors Helping Seniors
- Better at Home
- Aq'amvit School & Aq'am Health Centre
- Gardenview Assisted Living subsidized residents
- Spark Youth Centre
- Kimberley Youth Action Network
- Kimberley Brain Injury Group
- Interior Mental Health
- Baptist Church
- As needed: local church groups, community events, after-care programs

We also 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 
- Providing Inclusive & Empowered Food Access in an Accessible & Welcoming Atmosphere
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.