Food Donations can be delivered to the food bank, deposited in a donation bin at one of several stores in Nanaimo, or call to arrange a pick up for larger donations.

Please Donate:

Nonperishables
Peanut Butter, Tuna fish, canned beans, canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned soup small and big sizes, hamburger helper, spaghetti and macaroni elbows, side kicks, rice meals, pancake mix & syrup, cereal cold and instant, jam.

Baking Supplies
Flour, sugar: brown & white, cake mixes, icing mix, muffin mix, cookie mix, puddings and Jell-O.

Beverages
Juice boxes, drinking boxes, apple juice, orange juice,  coffee instant & regular ground, tea, hot chocolate.

Bulk Items-Can Be Repackaged
Oatmeal, Rice, Flour, Sugar.

Low Risk Perishables
Fresh fruit and vegetables- garden fresh and store bought.

Personal Care Items
Shampoo and conditioner, tooth paste, tooth brushes (child & adult sizes), personal hygiene products, toilet paper, disposables razors, deodorant, band-aids.

Products for Baby
Diapers, formula, cereal, pablum.

For High Risk Perishables such as  milk, eggs, cheese, butter, margarine, fresh and frozen meat products, jams and  jellies, please contact Loaves and Fishes at 250 754 8347 to see if we can accept your donation.

Food Donation Bins are located throughout Nanaimo

Save on Foods

• Woodgrove Mall
• Country Club Mall
• Terminal Park

Quality Foods

• Turner Road
• Bowen Road
• Harewood Mall

Superstore

• Metral Drive

Thrifty’s

• Longwood Station
• Brooks Landing

Fairway Market

• North Town Centre

Thank You for Lending a Helping Hand!