Our History
In 1983, the Kelowna Community Food Bank Society set up operation in a church basement to meet emergency food needs for the community. Over the next two decades, the Kelowna Food Bank grew from serving 600 people per year to nearly 30,000, with nearly a third of them children.
Our Vision for the Kelowna Food Bank
- Ensuring everyone in our community is well fed with healthy, nutritious food.
- Providing food hampers that are full of nutritious food from all food groups.
- Strengthening our partnerships with food and meal providing agencies to end the cycle of poverty and hunger. This includes supporting breakfast, snack and lunch programs for children.
- Increasing and expanding our Food Security programs to further empower our clients to help themselves.
- Establishing a Rooftop Garden at our facility to provide fresh produce to our clients and partner agencies.
- Developing a Community Food Mapping project to identify healthy, inexpensive local food sources with easy access for all community members.
- Implementing a Community Kitchen where our clients and other community members would receive instruction and collaborate on menu planning, food preparation and budgeting.
The Kelowna Food Bank is established under the Society Act with 8 Directors and 21 voting members, all volunteering or elected from our community.
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