COVID-19 Fundraiser for Vancouver Food Runners
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Vancouver is an extremely expensive city and COVID-19 has intensified the financial struggles that many Vancouverites face. Those of low socioeconomic status have been hit particularly hard by layoffs and a reduction in working hours. As a result of the pandemic, many individuals now need greater assistance feeding themselves and their families.
Vancouver Food Runners (VFR) is a local nonprofit organization that was launched in response to COVID-19. Their mission is to help reduce food insecurity by collecting food destined for the landfill and redistributing it to vulnerable populations. They do so by rescuing viable food from restaurants and grocery stores that would otherwise go to waste, then delivering it to charitable organizations that support at-risk populations in the city. These include children, families, single mothers, refugees, and people living in shelters.
The charitable organizations that VFR supports include:
Atira
Boys & Girls Club
Canuck Place Children's Hospice
City Reach
Covenant House
Directions Youth Services
Directions Youth Services
First Place Residence
KidSafe - Bittersweet Kitchen
KidSafe - Cunningham Elementary School
KidSafe - Grandview Elementary School
KidSafe - Hastings Elementary School
KidSafe - Thunderbird Elementary School
KidSafe - Waverly Elementary School
Kilala Lelum (Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative)
Kinbrace Refugee Housing & Support
North Vancouver Family Services
Powell Street Getaway
Ronald McDonald House
YWCA Cause We Care
YWCA Crabtree Corner
YWCA Sheway
YWCA Pacific Spirit Terrace
YWCA Single Mom's housing complex
Vancouver Food Runners is operated by a collective of volunteers who rescue food using their own vehicles to make deliveries to the organizations listed above. Donations that you provide will go towards transportation costs as well as the purchasing of additional meals for those in need.
Please consider giving a small amount in order to help alleviate the pressure and adversity that fellow citizens are currently experiencing. I greatly appreciate your support.
Sincerely,
Jack Clark
Fraser Academy | Grade 12
Vancouver Food Runners (VFR) is a local nonprofit organization that was launched in response to COVID-19. Their mission is to help reduce food insecurity by collecting food destined for the landfill and redistributing it to vulnerable populations. They do so by rescuing viable food from restaurants and grocery stores that would otherwise go to waste, then delivering it to charitable organizations that support at-risk populations in the city. These include children, families, single mothers, refugees, and people living in shelters.
The charitable organizations that VFR supports include:
Atira
Boys & Girls Club
Canuck Place Children's Hospice
City Reach
Covenant House
Directions Youth Services
Directions Youth Services
First Place Residence
KidSafe - Bittersweet Kitchen
KidSafe - Cunningham Elementary School
KidSafe - Grandview Elementary School
KidSafe - Hastings Elementary School
KidSafe - Thunderbird Elementary School
KidSafe - Waverly Elementary School
Kilala Lelum (Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative)
Kinbrace Refugee Housing & Support
North Vancouver Family Services
Powell Street Getaway
Ronald McDonald House
YWCA Cause We Care
YWCA Crabtree Corner
YWCA Sheway
YWCA Pacific Spirit Terrace
YWCA Single Mom's housing complex
Vancouver Food Runners is operated by a collective of volunteers who rescue food using their own vehicles to make deliveries to the organizations listed above. Donations that you provide will go towards transportation costs as well as the purchasing of additional meals for those in need.
Please consider giving a small amount in order to help alleviate the pressure and adversity that fellow citizens are currently experiencing. I greatly appreciate your support.
Sincerely,
Jack Clark
Fraser Academy | Grade 12
Organiser and beneficiary
Jack Clark
Organiser
Vancouver, BC
Spencer Mackoff
Beneficiary