Vancouver Market Support

Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB) and provide direct food support to those in need! Volunteers will play a key role in restocking the shelves with fresh, frozen, and pantry items. This is a great opportunity to practice the FIFO method, reduce food waste, and directly contribute to supporting the community.  Duties include a quality check and sort of perishable (fresh) and non-perishable (dry) deliveries before restocking shelves; efficiently organize food to ensure proper placement and easy access; rotating items based on first in, first out (FIFO) method; and ensuring areas are well stocked, merchandised and the area is swept and kept clean. 

The Greater Vancouver Food Bank was set up as a temporary relief to the hunger crisis in 1983 and has grown significantly in the four decades since then. Today the GVFB provides assistance to approximately 15,000 individuals monthly across Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, and the North Shore. The GVFB provides food support to a network of 140+ Community Agencies. These organizations use GVFB food to fuel their food programs, including small community food banks, daily snack and meal programs for shelters and community housing, school nutrition programs, and more.