Chemainus Harvest House Society Food Bank
9814 Willow Street V0R 1K0 Chemainus, BC, Canada

A huge, huge thank you to Western Forest Products for the amazing donation of $2,000 from the Hallmark movie parking fees You guys are the best!

Congratulations to the easter basket winners

Thankyou to Puppycats Pet Emporium for the gracious donation of 100lbs of their returned good quality dog food

A huge Thankyou to Island Savings for the Easter candy this morning!

Heads up to our wonderful community! Food drop offs are happening from 9:00am until 11:00am Thursdays in Chemainus at our foodbank. From 10:30am until 11:30am at 49th Parallel Grocery in Chemainus on Fridays and in Crofton from 9:30am until 10:30am!

Thankyou so much to Anytime Fitness for their wonderful food donation Thankyou also to Josh Dewit for fundraising $210 for the foodbank by selling kindling, you’re amazing!!

Thank you to Island Savings Credit Union and 49th Parallel Grocery for their donation of $3109.35 through the Full Cupboard program. This money was raised through the Fill the Truck event this month. Roberts Street Pizza donated $500 and Chemainus Firehall donated $1,000. Our community continues to come together during hard times to support those who help those less fortunate. Harvest House Food Bank thanks everyone who took part in this fundraiser. Our cupboards are full presently! Merry Christmas to all! The New Year is looking very bright!Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

A huge thank you to Jackie Rieck and Saltair Community Centre for their donation of $500. We appreciate your continued support of Harvest House Food Bank! We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Healthy New Year!

A huge Thank You to the community of Saltair coming together on Sunday Dec. 20th for a food drive at Area G director Lynne Smith’s home. Santa had to fight off a hungry T-Rex, trying to get his fill. They collected $770.00 and about 560# of food! Awesome job Saltairians! A Merry Christmas to everyone who took part to help both Harvest House Food bank and Ladysmith foodbank!

The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board just do ated $1500.00 to Harvest House! Thank you for your support and helping our community! Merry Christmas, stay safe and healthy, looking forward to a bright New Year!

Thank you Pharmasave Chemainus for your generous donation of $732.00. Your continued support of us is outstanding! Thank you so much!

A huge Thank You to Cherry Tree Early Learning Centre for your wonderful donation of 290# of food yesterday. Please thank all the children and their families who took part in this food drive for Harvest House. We are so appreciative!

We had several private donations come in-the back door today with a total of 130# of food. There were even fresh kiwi’s from a local couple, to distribute to our clients this week. We appreciate you all and thank you so much for your generosity

Thankyou so much to our amazing supporters, St. Michaels and All Angels church, for their lovely donation of 83lbs of food

Goodmorning to our wonderful community This week we would love some donations of juice, tuna/canned meat, soup, Mr. Noodles, pasta sauce, pasta, and canned vegetables! For easy delivery you can leave donations in the bin at the 49th Parallel Grocery... also if you didn’t know we accept donations of gift certificates from the 49th Parallel Grocery as well! Thankyou so much for all the amazing support!

Thetis Island Community dropped over today and delivered another 75# of food for our clients. Your support is always appreciated and we thank you so much for helping fill our shelves.

Social Distancing Reminder: All clients will need to wear masks at both Chemainus and Crofton sites until further notice. If you do not have one, one will be given to you. All our social distancing measures have been put in place to keep all our volunteers and clients safe. We thank you all for adhering to our rules while at both sites. Thank you, stay safe and healthy!

Canadian lonewolves BCIndependant Riders (Island Pack), dropped by today with a cheque for $275.00. Thanks so much for your support of our local food bank. We appreciate your gift!

Our toilet paper supply is currently looking about as sad as this pumpkin... so some donations of toilet paper would be greatly appreciated for our clients

Thank you to St. Michael & All Angels Anglican Parish for their continued support with another donation of 80# of food today. Your Parishioners are so good to us

Here’s a look at some of the items we put into our emergency kits here at the foodbank. These are some awesome, useful items!

Chemainus Secondary School dropped by today with a van full of food totalling 115kg!Thank you so much for helping to fill our shelves! You have made a difference

You can find these at your local 49th Parallel Grocery when you checkout! A super convenient way to donate on your grocery trip, every little bit counts!

REMINDER TO ALL OUR CLIENTS IN CHEMAINUS.........WE ARE CLOSED FRIDAY DEC. 25th for CHRISTMAS. PLEASE ENSURE YOU ATTEND FRIDAY DEC. 18th to receive extra food. We will re-open Friday Jan 1st to wish you all a Happy New Year!

Thankyou so much to La Petite Auction House for their wonderful donation and continuous support

Did you know 4 million Canadians are food insecure and struggle to put enough food on the table? Everyday they face tough decisions about how to make ends meet.

Thank you Jones Marine Group Ltd for their amazing donation of $6560.00. Your continued support of Harvest House is so appreciated.! You truly have community spirit. Merry Christmas!

A huge shout out and Thank You to Mid Island Co-op for their wonderful donation of $1,000.00 today. Thank you for giving back to your community. We are so grateful for your continued support! Happy holidays!

Thankyou so much to the Stuff The Truck fundraiser 49th Parallel Grocery did this weekend to collect food and donations for us They raised $3054.35 and brought us 1616.5lbs of food this morning, you guys are the absolute best Thankyou!!

We are in need of cat food this week if anyone is thinking of donating. This helps our clients furry friends. Much appreciated!

Cori McCaw from Toys Toiletries & Toques dropped off $1775.00 of gift cards from our local businesses today. These will be shared amongst all our clients this Christmas. Your yearly support is always amazing! We applaud your generosity and spirit of giving! Thank you so much!

Today is DAY 6 of the Reverse Advent Calendar event happening at 49th Parallel Grocery and the item today is canned milk. Please check the list of items to be purchased this month. Thank you for all your support!

The Stuff the Truck went so amazingly! Thankyou to everyone who came out and supported this amazing cause you all rock!

This month at 49th Parallel Grocery, you can donate to your local Food Bank by purchasing the item of the day from their Reverse Advent Calendar. Notices are posted outside and inside the store. Thank you to 49th Parallel and our wonderful community for your continued support. Stay safe everyone!

Thank you to the Chemainus Art Group for their wonderful donation on Thursday! Your support and care are appreciated! Thanks so much

Thank you to Tammy McMahon for dropping off gifts collected by the Chemainus Elementry School yesterday. We appreciate your continued support of our food bank

Thetis Island Community came together and dropped off over 200lbs. of food yesterday! Thank you to the Fire Hall and the entire community for your support. Amazing genrosity! Thank you!

We truly appreciate the huge box of scones donated to us this morning from Willow Street Cafe. Our clients will be thrilled!Such a treat!

A huge Thank You to our Royal Canadian Legion Chemainus Branch 191 for their wonderful donation of $2000. Your continued support is outstanding. You have truly made a difference

It’s day one of the reverse advent calendar! If you happen to stop by at the 49th Parallel Grocery think about grabbing an extra baking mix to leave in the food hamper

A huge Thank You to Holly Carson, Mary Benson, Kathy Oxner, Corrine LaJeunesse and the whole Country Maples Community for all the wonderful donations of gifts and food. You have made such a difference for our food bank. Your ongoing support is amazing.

Stuff the truck is officially on at Save-On-Foods in duncan! Stop by and make a food or cash for the local food banks in Duncan, Crofton, Lake Cowichan, Chemainus, and Ladysmith... or even participate in the palette challenge! This will help keep the shelves full for this holiday season

Our reverse advent calendar to help support the food bank begins tomorrow! If you’re stopping by at the 49th Parallel Grocery perhaps add a thing or two to your cart to help support your local foodbank For the easiest delivery you can leave donations in the bin the 49th Parallel Grocery has at their store!

We have just installed a new letter slot at the Food Bank so you can drop off your envelope donations anytime that is convenient for you. We thank everyone in our community for all your fabulous support this year, it has been unprecidented times! We appreciate you allStay safe and healthy!

Thank you to Wendy Kydd for her amazing donation this morning. You have truly made a difference.

A huge Thank You to Ladysmith Dogwood Trefoil Guild, Girl Guides of Canada for their huge donation today. The boxes were filled with toys, clothes, stocking stuffers and warm socks. Thanks to Kym Whitefeild for dropping off the gifts. We are very appreciative

Thank you to The Chemainus Health Care Auxilliary for their wonderful donation of $1000. We appreciate your continued support, as it has helped so many. We applaud you for all the great work you do for our community.

Come out and support stuff the truck for our local food banks, and even participate in the palette challenge! This is where we fill up a palettes with most used items (toiletries, canned goods, flour, etc) to 1,000lbs and then anyone can purchase a pallet at a cost of $500 to help out families in need for the holidays! You can read more about these events here: https://www.mycowichanvalleynow.com/39092/stuff-the-truck

We would like to give a huge thank you to Knights of Columbus Ladysmith for their generous donation of $1,000 to help support our Christmas program! This is a big help as with Covid-19 this year might be a little different with donations and the challenges of connecting with our clients.

We also received a wonderful donation yesterday from St Michaels and All Angels Anglican Church of 80.3lbs

We are forever grateful for these amazing donations! Checkout this article from Chemainus Valley Courier to read more about it!

A huge huge thank you to our amazing community for the amazing support of cash and food donations we’ve received throughout COVID-19 and this summer we can’t even begin to express our gratitude

These are some great photos of the food we receive from Nanaimo Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank every single Thursday! We thank the food recovery program we have with them so much for all the protein and produce we receive for our wonderful clients you guys are outstanding!

Hard at work on Thursdays when Nanaimo Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank drops off produce, protein and dairy to Harvest House through the partnered food recovery program.

A huge Thank You to Collin from the local BC SPCA (BCSPCA)with a donation of 230kg of pet food!

Thankyou so much Western Forest Products for the generous donation https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca//harvest-house-rece/

Thanks to Peter Sinclair of @nanaimoloavesandfishes for asking us to become a partner in this wonderful food recovery program. Our clients now receive proteins and produce every week. Receiving this huge shipment of salmon will make such a difference! THANK YOU!!!

There’s so many different ways you can donate to help out your local foodbank! This includes Canadahelps.org, donating using the $2.00 coupons at 49th Parallel Grocery, you can donate a car (working or not) or even mail a cheque to our P.O. Box #188, and buy a donation bag from the 49th Parallel Grocery

Did you know in 2019 food banks in British Columbia have out 5,570,329 meals! That’s an amazing number but hopefully this year we can shoot for even higher!

Thank you to Paul McGregor and 49th Parallel Grocery staff for the deliveries they bring us every week.We are so happy we can easily and safely receive them with the use of our fabulous Roller Ramp. Simple and safe for our volunteers and all delivery personnel.

A huge THANK YOU to Tamaratt Fund at Calgary Foundation for the $10,000.00 grant we received recently. This grant was given in appreciation of the employees of the 49th Parallel Grocery. The Tamaratt Fund at Calgary Foundation is committed to strengthening the charitable sector in all communities, as recommended by their donors. Their benevolence is overwhelming! We are so honoured to be the recipient of this amazing gift!

The recent collaborative fundraiser between 49th Parallel Grocery and Island Savings brought communities together to help their local Food Banks. 49th Parallel Grocery sold 444 brown bags full of non-perishable food and Harvest House received a total of $8,159.00. Thank you to everyone who purchased bags and donated cash to this amazing event. We are so thankful to our community!Congratulations to all the winners of a NEW BBQ!!!

We can not Thank everyone who participated enough! You guys are too generous https://www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca//local-partnership-/

This fundraiser was such a success! Thankyou to everyone who helped out

Thankyou so much to our community from Saltair to crofton you guys are so amazing and have continued to support us so well over the couple weeks Our total from the last two weeks came out to be 592 lbs from the 49th bags! You guys are so generous Thankyou!

We would like to thank BC Milk for their donation of $900 in April. We were able to buy cheese and bacon for our clients. We are so grateful for this donation. THANK YOU!

We cannot thank our fabulous partners enough! You guys have been so generous and supportive , Thankyou again for all that you guys do for us

Thankyou so much to our wonderful community! We received 1,137lbs of donations through the 49th Parallel Grocery food bags!