Food Bank Society of Whitehorse

The Shelves are Looking Full here at the Food Bank, that is in large part to you Whitehorse, A huge thanks to all those who donated during the Food Drive this year, your efforts mean a lot to so many people. Aside from all the amazing people who donated there are a few folks we have to put a shout out to Thank you to the Whitehorse Teachers, the ones who every year give up there own time and volunteer to organize the Food Drive, this year we had to jump through hoops and chan...ge plans and still they came out in force... thank you so very very much! Thank you to all the students who delivered bags to everyone's houses, who helped load trucks and who made and held up signs reminding us that it was Food Drive, you folks are incredible and it warms our hearts that you help every single year Thank you to the Rendezvous Rotary Club of Whitehorse, Whitehorse Rendezvous Rotary Satellite Club, and the Rotary Club of Whitehorse. Your volunteers helping us sort bag and shelf the donations were a game changer and have helped us get the food out to folks who need it so much faster, your teams were a pleasure to work with and we offer our biggest and most humble appreciation to them. Thanks to the Food Bank Regulars who have come in and helped us as they always do, folding bags, stocking shelves and assuring the day to day jobs still get done throughout all the craziness, you are a force to be reckoned with and we are thankful each and every day that you keep coming in. Thanks to our Operations Manager Mike Massie, who has worked more hours then most of us can count keeping the warehouse humming along and greeting every new donation with a smile. Thanks to everyone who opted to donate via https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/m/7255/donation those donations are a huge help and go along way to assuring we have fresh produce and dairy that can go out to families in need. All in All we would count the Food Drive of 2020 a huge success, thanks one and all for being a part of it. Please stay happy, stay healthy, and as always, wash your hands #communityhelpingcommunity

There's a big change this year at the Schools of Whitehorse Annual Food Drive. Due to COVID-19, students will not be picking up bagged donations from doorsteps.... Instead, organizers want Whitehorse residents to drop off the bags at Elijah Smith, Porter Creek Secondary, Vanier Catholic Secondary, F.H.Collins, Wood Street School or the Whitehorse Foodbank until 8 pm tonight. See more

FOOD DRIVE TODAY! I know it may look like we are closed, but I assure you we are open, don't mind the construction and please come around to the back of the building where we will be pleased to greet you. Thank you All!

THE FOOD DRIVE IS DIFFERENT THIS YEAR! Due to COVID-19 precautions, Whitehorse students are not able to participate in the annual food drive in the traditional way. Instead of providing an evening of door-to-door pick-up service, schools are offering 5 designated drop-off locations on the day and evening of Tuesday, October 13, 2020. These 5 locations, open from 8am-8pm on October 13th, are:... FH Collins Secondary School Porter Creek Secondary School Vanier Catholic Secondary School Wood Street School Whitehorse Food Bank (306 Alexander Street, downtown) As usual, donations can always be dropped off at the Food Bank, any time between 9-5, Monday-Friday. Cash, cheque, or online donations at Canadahelps.org are graciously accepted. Thank you for filling a bag and taking it in on October 13th. The students of Whitehorse have done their best to ensure every home gets a green bag. We apologize if your home was missed. Items needed: Canned: meat, fish, milk, soup, beans, vegetables, fruit. Dried goods: prepared meals, pasta, pasta sauce, rice, cereal, oatmeal, sugar, dry soup mix, coffee, tea, crackers, peanut butter, jam. NO EXPIRED GOODS, PLEASE.

Generosity is something that the Yukon has in abundance, as we approach Thanksgiving we would like to give a special shout out to our friends at Fraserway RV - Whitehorse. These amazing people donated $20,000.00 to the Food Bank today, helping us assure that we can continue to send food across the Yukon to those in need. We are floored by the thoughtfulness and community stewardship of this organization and from the bottom of our hearts want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH! #communityhelpingcommunity

Are you ready to join our team? We are looking for a compassionate organized person to help us out, apply at the link below https://www.yuwin.ca//40195700-manager-of-community-and-vo

Hey All, Time for a little Good News Thanks to an amazing federal program 1440 Turkey's (30lbs +) were donated to the Food Bank this week... We wanted to put a huge shout out of thanks to the Teams in Haines Junction, Carmacks, Boys and Girls Club of Yukon, Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous, Yukon First Nation Education Directorate, Fassy Yukon and all the amazing volunteers that came together to help get these Turkey's to the people who needed them, 1440 turkeys and distributed across the territory within 5 hrs, not to shabby folks. Happy Thanks Giving All! Stay safe, look out for one another and remember to wash your hands. #communityhelpingcommunity

A Huge Thanks to everyone who Helped us with our Garden and Garden Sale.

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Hey Folks, our in town garden has been such a success this summer and thanks to amazing donations we already have a lot of produce right now for our clients. That is why this Saturday from Noon until 2pm at the Food Bank (306b Alexander Street) we will be offering a bag of our garden veggies to anyone who would like some, in return we are asking for a small donation of your choice. Please come and enjoy these amazing fresh Carrots and Potatoes, All while helping out your local Food Bank! Look forward to seeing you there! #communityhelpingcommunity

Hey All, Time for A Bit of News Next week renovations will begin on the front of our building, much needed window and siding replacement will be underway. It will look to the unsuspecting person like we may in fact be closed, but please do not be fooled by this, our back door will be open in the ally, and from there we will be humbly accepting any donations dropped off, as well as running all of our services during our regular times Hampers... Tuesday and Thursdays from 10am -12:45 and 3pm-4:45pm Wednesday Mornings (Family Day) 10am until Noon Lunch and Dinner Monday to Sunday - 1pm-2pm and 5:30pm-6:30pm We'll have signage up as well, but please remember to come find us around back for all your Food Bank Needs! #communityhelpingcommunity

Hi All, it's time for another installment of THANK YOU THURSDAY! A Huge thank you to our friends at Air North, Yukon's Airline, for the generous donation of bread this week. You guys are stellar and made a lot of peoples day! We also need to give a shout out the Yukon Employees' Union for the generous donation of a pallet of Tuna, donations like this are huge for us and tip our hats to you for helping keep us running.... We also want to give our thanks to the Yukon First Nation Education Directorate for the amazing work they have been doing getting salmon to those who need it, you are examples to us all, keep up the great work! Sundog Retreat, your team has kept us in vegetables for the last couple months, and our clients have been loving them, thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Thanks to everyone who has come in this week, either dropping off donations or volunteering your time and energy; every little bit counts especially as our numbers pick up coming into the fall. Fall Food Drive will be happening the week of October 14th, keep your ears open for news about that coming soon, until then, stay healthy and safe everyone and don't forget to wash your hands! #communityhelpingcommunity