Lake Cowichan Food Bank Society

Hunger awareness hunger counts volunteers set up organize and plan all food donations and food purchases for the sole purpose of distributing to the under priviledged and low income families individuals and seniors of the cowichan lake area. Work in conjunction with food banks bc and canada to pick and store food donations and supplies for the sole purpose of distribution to the needy. A volunteer board also spends time in meetings to organize and plan fund raising activities such as hotdog sale and community event involvement for food drives and public education awareness on the need to feed the hungry in our communites. We work with the community services and the fire department during the christmas hamper and kids toy drives. Major community fundraiser are fill the cupboard events with island savings stuff the truck food drive with cowichan valley food basket and sunfm food recovery program to cut down on wasted food community garden plant a row for the food bank grocer card program with times colonist our on going bottle drive fundraiser in the community after moving to our new location during this physical year we have been abel to offer more services where we provide food for the soup and sandwhiches and healthy vegetable meal options and extra bread collection to those in need in our community. Working with the kraken hockey team the cowichan lake 1st scouts group the lake cowichan christian fellowship church cowichan lake high school palsson elementary and the cowichan lake district seniors association.