Food Bank on Wheels Society

Food Bank On Wheels mainly home delivers food and sundry items to single-parent families with a member experiencing a mental or physical disability that face barriers accessing traditional food banks safely in the Metro Vancouver area. This service is not readily available thus the need for our unique home delivery service. FBOW additionally assists low-income individuals/families with food donations to The Vancouver Sheppard House in Surrey. We continue to help Salvation Army/Caring Place in Maple Ridge Access Youth Outreach & School District 42 donating rescued/donated foods to help those with food insecurity. In a limited capacity FBOW also serves seniors facing mobility challenges or other disabilities that prevent them from accessing traditional food banks providing home-delivered food hampers. Each monthly home-delivered food hamper contains a carefully curated selection of fresh fruits & vegetables perishable foods milk eggs (which we purchase to ensure quality & meet specific dietary needs) alongside donated/rescued perishable & non-perishable foods. Each monthly food hamper consists of approximately 9-12 days worth of food depending on size of family. The high cost of living & Inflation has presented ongoing challenges in volunteer recruitment prompting us to hire a dedicated team of staff to ensure adequate staffing needed for consistent and reliable delivery of our essential services. These part-time staff and dedicated volunteers manage every aspect of our operation from food sourcing and coordinating food preparation to deliveries as well as administrative tasks that include client registration setting up delivery dates pick up of donations and all aspects of our social media. FBOW has completed our Community Services Recovery Grant from the Government of Canada through SurreyCares to adapt and modernize the needs of our charity adopting new and upgrading current digital technology to meet our charitable objectives enhancing our orga