Category: Announcements

Although provincial mandates will be lifted effective March 21, please note that we will still require all those entering our food bank and our thrift store to be wearing masks. This is to ensure the health and wellbeing of all clients, customers, volunteers, and staff. As before, we will offer masks to those who do Read More

The St. Vincent Place office will be closed from December 24 to January 3, inclusive. We will resume our regular hours on January 4 at 9:30am. The St. Vincent Place thrift store will be closed the same dates, resuming regular hours on January 4 at 11:00 am. Our food bank and soup kitchen are closed Read More

Main office and Thrift Store: closed December 24 to January 3 (inclusive) Soup kitchen and food bank: closed December 23 to January 4 (inclusive) Men’s shelter: remains open 24/7

Our annual Christmas dinner will be served on Wednesday, December 15. The meal will be served at the usual time and take-out style in order to protect all clients and volunteers. No need to book a spot this year – the dinner will be served first come-first served, but we hope to be able to Read More

Every year, a group of thoughtful volunteers from Emmaus Anglican Church coordinate Christmas gifts for our clients. While they are usually given out as part of our Christmas dinner, this year, in order to limit potential exposures at our food bank, all gifts are being given to our Lunches for Learning clients. You can support Read More

Our AGM will be held in the hall at St. Vincent Place (222 Albert St. E.) at 7pm on Tuesday, October 26, with doors opening at 6:30pm.  A virtual option will be available if required, but please register no later than 1pm on October 26 if you would like the link. You can do that Read More

We are currently seeking volunteers to help with this year’s event on September 25. We need help with three tasks for the Big Blue Food Drive: Drivers/RunnersOur driver/runner pairs are assigned a pre-determined route to collect the curbside donations. These volunteers should arrive at St. Vincent Place by no later than 9:45 am the day Read More

We’re looking for some volunteers for Lunches for Learning for the upcoming school year to help with: picking up the grocery order (Thursday mornings) putting together the food packages (Thursday afternoons) delivering the packages (Friday, morning or afternoon) You can volunteer to help with any of these tasks – you’re not obligated to help with Read More

As of September 1, food bank clients will again need to wait 2 months between food bank visits. The food bank remains open on Wednesdays 4:30 to 7 and Saturdays 11:30 to 2. (*Note that we had originally stated this would begin on October 1 but after further discussions with our food bank coordinator, we’ve Read More

In July 2021, our food bank helped 237 families. That breaks down as: 164 single-person households46 two-person households13 three-person households10 four-person households2 five-person households2 six-person households Based on the costs of each package (if you missed our last post breaking it down, check it out here), that works out to: Single person households = $6,314Two-person households Read More