Calgary Food Bank

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Together, we fight hunger and its root causes because no one should go hungry

The Calgary Food Bank is the first line of emergency food support for families and individuals facing crisis. Once the food emergency is addressed, we refer food bank clients to our Community Partners. Our deep collaboration and food support with many other charitable organizations that address the root causes of food insecurity aligns with our mission to work with our community to fight hunger.  

For more information or to make a donation, visit: https://www.calgaryfoodbank.com/corporatechallenge/

Contact Calgary Food Bank

2024 Giving Opportunities

Option #1: ATTEND A PRESENTATION AND TOUR OF OUR WAREHOUSE
The Calgary Food Bank has grown in response to the increasing need for food support in Calgary. Come spend an hour to an hour and a half learning about the programs we offer while witnessing the hustle and bustle of our active warehouse and distribution zone. Learn the steps taken from the moment a neighbour, friend or family member reaches out to us for a hamper, to the moment we can pass that hamper over to them and, everything in-between.
Minimum participants from a company: 4
Maximum participants from a company: 10
EMAIL YHASSAN@CALGARYFOODBANK.COM TO BOOK TOUR/PRESENTATION
Option #2: WATCH OUR INFORMATIVE VIDEO *Please note this video is in production and completion date is expected to be early summer but at this time is not confirmed.
Reach out to Yasmin through YHASSAN@CALGARYFOODBANK.COM to receive the informative video.
Give the gift of time by volunteering at the Calgary food bank
How to Book: Please reach out to yhassan@calgaryfoodbank.com for more information and to view available volunteer shifts
Min: 4 per company, Max: Based on Availability
Impact: Volunteers make up 40% of the warehouse workforce at the Calgary Food Bank. 800 volunteer shifts must be filled each week. Help feed fellow Calgarians by giving the gift of time.
PLEASE INFORM YASMIN DIRECTLY OF COMPLETED VOLUNTEER SHIFT TO RECEIVE POINT.
Give $500 to help your neighbour, your friend, your family.
Hunger is not experienced only by those experiencing homelessness in our city; it could be the family next door, the child who goes to school with your son or daughter, the person next to you on the bus going to work, classmates from college or university, or the person who serves you at your local business. These are our friends, family members and neighbors who face a life set back and need our help and compassion.
The Calgary Food Bank is community owned; community supported. It takes community action to provide healthy and nutritious food, to help one family, one person at a time. In partnership with the food industry and companies like you, for every $1 received we can distribute $3.50 worth of food.
Give what you can, to help us help your neighbors, your friends, your family members.
Option 1: Double your help, double your donation!
Our clients need your support, now more than ever as the cost-of-living skyrockets around the city.
Your double donation of $1000 means the world to our clients, your neighbours, your friends, or your family.
“It is hard to move forward when you are just trying to survive... you can’t find stability and don’t feel stability in your life... So having a stress removed – which is insecurity with food – helps me move forward instead of moving me back, everyday stuck in survival mode.” Calgary Food Bank Client
Option #2: The Calgary Food Bank loves to pull the community together in our mission to fight hunger and its root causes because no one should go hungry. Host a themed food drive at your office this Calgary Corporate Challenge season and earn an extra point at the same time!
Please email Yasmin at yhassan@calgaryfoodbank.com for further details
Themed Food Drive ideas can include:
1. Battle of the Breakfast Cereals: Collect as many boxes of your favourite cereals as you can!
2. Mac and Cheese, if you please: Collect as much mac and cheese as you can! Create a giant KD Domino, make sure you film the dominos falling!
3. You’re all Soup-er Stars: Collect cans and cans of shelf-stable soups!
4. Fill the boss’s office or another designated area with food, be sure to send us a picture!
5. Baby Items Drive – Collect using our Baby Hamper Wishlist consisting of Diapers, Wipes and Formula
6. Birthday Kit Drive – Collect using our birthday kit Wishlist consisting of cake mix, icing, toys, etc
7. Get Creative! Select an item on our emergency food hamper Wishlist and collect as many of that item or all the items, as you can!
Donation Methods: 
Online: https://www.calgaryfoodbank.com/corporatechallenge/  
Benevity: Calgary Corporate Challenge - Charity Challenge 2024
Cheque:
Calgary Food Bank 
Attn: Yasmin Hassan
5020 12A Street SE
Calgary AB T2G 5K9
Please include company name in memo (if from an individual)
MUST INFORM YASMIN DIRECTLY OF ALL DONATIONS SUBMITTED TO RECEIVE POINTS
Tax Receipts: 
To qualify for a charitable tax receipt, please ensure the monetary donation is above $25 and has the following information: 
1. Full Name (first & last) of individual donor or Company Name  
2. Mail Address  
3. “Company Name” - CCC Company the donation is in support of  
4. Amount ($) of monetary donation.