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Red Deer Food Bank in the news.
With all the activities happening at the Food Bank, we’ve had lots of interviews, on-site coverage and stories popping up all over the place — and we wanted to share them all here.
Food Bank receives Co-op Community Spaces grant
Red Deer Food Bank was selected as one of 14 recipients of the 2024 Co-op Community Spaces funding to develop their urban agriculture project.
Miss Teenage Red Deer provides books to young readers through hampers
Miss Teenage Red Deer and founder of Literacy Warriors 24 on YouTube, has a passion for early childhood literacy, and is partnering with the Food Bank to put books into the hands of children in the city this summer.
“Adopt-a-Kid” this summer: Buy lunch.
Nearly 40% of the people who are fed by the Red Deer Food Bank are children. Here is how they are leveraging their 40th Anniversary to help feed children this summer.
Poverty Report Cards: Canada is missing the mark.
The Food Banks Canada Poverty Report Cards are out, and no one in the country is going to win any scholarships. Get our local perspective in Red Deer as compared to the national profile.
Let’s prevent a “Cruel Summer”
We don’t want it to be a Cruel Summer for anyone needing food for their household… and to prevent that, we need your help.
40th Anniversary Open House and Food Drive
Visit the Red Deer Food Bank on April 13th for its 40th Anniversary to tour its facility and learn about its processes. Those who donate will receive free cake and food. The Red Deer Food Bank is partnering with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for its annual city-wide food drive.
40 Days for 40 Years: A Lenten Calendar of Giving
As part of the 40th anniversary commemoration, the Red Deer Food Bank is hosting several programs through the year centered on the number 40… and since we are now in the season of Lent, we’re hosting a 40-day Lent Calendar of Giving. Here is a running list of items you can donate over Lent to support the Food Bank!
Red Deer Food Bank recognizes their 40th Anniversary in 2024
The Red Deer Food Bank is recognizing their 40th anniversary year with activities and awareness every 40 days throughout 2024. See what they have planned and how you can be a part of it all.
Support the Red Deer Food Bank & The Mustard Seed in CNOY 2024!
The Red Deer Food Bank and The Mustard Seed are kicking off their 40th anniversary years by hosting the Coldest Night of the Year fundraising walk on February 24.