Big thanks to Golden Horn Elementary School. As a Christmas food drive they brought us over a thousand pounds of food. They also raised almost $500.00 cash selling their artwork as Holiday cards. Also a big shout out to PR Services for printing their cards so they could sell them to benefit the Whitehorse Food Bank.
Have you ever wondered what happens to the food and toiletry items that air passengers must leave behind because they are not permitted on passenger flights in North America? Well thanks to the G4S Secure Solutions staff for passenger security at Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport those items are coming to the Whitehorse Food Bank. Pictured here is the latest haul delivered by the fine staff at airport security. So yes, you may have lost your maple syrup, peanut butter…
When the Whitehorse Food Bank put out the call to help restock their shelves help came from many directions. The dedicated Quilters at Bear’s paw also stepped up to the challenge. Even though in the summer many in their membership is away enjoying a Yukon summer, the ones that were left made sure they would also get together to help out the Food Bank. It is in recognition of Bears Paw and all the smaller groups that answered the call…
Big thanks to the YTG Department of Justice including Corrections and the RCMP for teaming up and holding department wide food drives. They were able to collect 1372 lbs of much needed food for the Whitehorse Food Bank. [contact-form][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Website’ type=’url’/][contact-field label=’Comment’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]
The Whitehorse Food Bank needs help from the community. The Whitehorse Food Bank is out of food and out of money. Since June 1, 2014 the Whitehorse Food Bank has not been able to provide full hampers to our clients. There are a number of ways you can help. 1) Sign up with us to make a monthly donation through credit card or direct deposit. 2) Commit some time to help us sign up monthly donations from other people in…
This Wednesday October 9th will be a hub of activity At the Whitehorse Food Bank. Volunteers from all the schools in Whitehorse will be collecting groceries door to door the evening of October 9th from 6 pm to 8 pm. This is an extremely important Food Drive for us. This year we are hoping that it will bring us enough food to get us through December. More youth then ever before are getting involved. We are hoping the students will…