If you require assistance, please contact BC211. Navigate. Low-income families and seniors across Vancouver are having a harder time accessing food after neighbourhood distribution sites were shut down by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank at the start of the pandemic.Community groups say hundreds of individuals used to access each of the 12 neighbourhood locations on a weekly basis and now have to travel much greater distances to a few central locations.One of the sites to shut down was run out of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House which was being used by over 350 clients weekly.The Greater Vancouver Food Bank says it had no choice but to close the pop-up programs it used to operate across the city when physical distancing and sanitizing guidelines came into effect in mid-March. Here is some useful information:When: Tuesdays from 10am-12pm (except the week when provincial Social Assistance cheques are issued),Where: 6470 Victoria Drive (at 49th Avenue).The South Vancouver Food Bank is currently held on Friday mornings at Faith Fellowship Baptist Church and will be relocated to SVNH. With the critical need for social distancing, we have had to make alternate plans. "I haven't been able to go so often since they moved because of mobility issues, which makes it really, really hard," said the mother in her 30s who has been granted confidentiality by CBC News.She also said the Burnaby warehouse, where she goes for food, frequently has long lineups. Please contact us for more information at,Closed Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidays.There is no on-site parking available at the neighbourhood house.

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Low-income families and seniors across Vancouver are having a harder time accessing food after neighbourhood distribution sites were shut down by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank at the start of the pandemic.Community groups say hundreds of individuals used to access each of the 12 neighbourhood locations on a weekly basis and now have to travel much greater distances to a few central locations.One of the sites to shut down was run out of the South Vancouver Neighbourhood House which was being used by over 350 clients weekly.The Greater Vancouver Food Bank says it had no choice but to close the pop-up programs it used to operate across the city when physical distancing and sanitizing guidelines came into effect in mid-March.


Stay safe and take care of yourselves. "We couldn't imagine asking seniors to get on transit and take two or three buses to get to a place 45 to 60 minutes away from their home in a time when all of us were being told you had to stay close to home, you should try to self isolate," she said.Instead, South Vancouver Neighbourhood House set-up an emergency food program in its multipurpose room with refrigerators and food supplied by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. We are looking forward to introducing some of these neighbours to SVNH for the first time.We are very excited about our new initiative with GVFB, as it will help improve food access for South Vancouver residents. "If anybody was to catch the COVID-19 virus on the food bank team, then we would probably all end up in quarantine and then we would be in a much worse situation. Explore this page to find the distribution location nearest to you.Here you'll find valuable information on how to become a client with the GVFB.We provide 10-15 items weekly based on the number of people in your household.As part of our many operational adaptations to address the COVID-19 health crisis, we have had to deal with the closure of our food distribution locations (neighbourhood houses, churches, community centres). 134.हम हिंदी बोलते हैं| (604)324-6212 Ext.