Food Bank Drive Saturday offers chance to help Salvation Army Thanksgiving plans and stock the shelves for this fall

It's Time to fill up bag to lend a hand
towards the Salvation Army's
Food Ban in Prince Rupert

Residents in Prince Rupert can do their part to help keep the Salvation Army Food Bank stocked this fall, with a number of community groups and businesses offering their support to this years BC Thanksgiving Food Drive.

Through the week, residences in Prince Rupert and Port Edward have been receiving the Food Bank Shopping Bag in their daily mail delivery.

Organizers of the Food Drive are asking that those that wish to participate in the community effort to fill their bags with non perishable goods, both dry and canned and leave the bags on their doorstep before 9:30 Saturday morning.

Volunteers will be travelling around the city on Saturday, collecting the bags, and will not be stopping at those homes that do not have one out.

Food Bank organizer also note that volunteers will not be knocking on doors, nor will they be soliciting for monetary donations for this years Food Drive.

The collection point for this years travels will be the Church of Latter Day Saints on Prince George Street, which is making for the temporary warehouse of sorts for those going door to door around the community on Saturday.

Should your donation not be picked up by 1 PM, you are asked to call 250-624-2354.

Asia Smithanik is taking the lead in organizing this years Food Drive, with Prince Rupert's team of volunteers hoping to top last years impressive results of the close to 4800 pounds of non-perishable goods that were donated in the 2017 Drive. 

Among the groups and organizations lending their time or support to the Thanksgiving Food Bank Drive are: Salvation Army, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Fellowship Baptist Church, Knights of Columbus, Royal Bank, DP World Prince Rupert, Stuck On Designs, Save On Foods,  City Furniture, CityWest and Macro Properties.

As organizers have been preparing for Saturday's Food Drive, they have been providing some updates to the Prince Rupert  - BC Thanksgiving Food Drive Facebook page, the entries offering up a glimpse as to just how far your donations can go in the community, as well as the scale of need in the region.

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Food Bank Volunteers to take to the streets for Saturday Collection Day

Loaded and Ready for Pick Up on
Food Bank collection Saturday

Volunteers collecting items for the Prince Rupert Food Bank will be going door to door through neighbourhoods tomorrow, part of the pre-Thanksgiving weekend blitz to help replenish the stocks at the much used community service.

The back to school month of September and the Thanksgiving period of October have proven to be challenging times for the local food bank which has seen an increase in use by residents of the community as the economic picture continues to provide struggles for many residents.

Earlier this week residents of the city received a Save on Foods bag and a notice of the upcoming Food Drive for this weekend.

To help stock up the cupboards of the Food Bank, volunteers will start travelling across the city at 9:30 on Saturday morning watching local doorsteps for Save on Foods bags that are to be left outdoors for collection. 

Volunteers will not be knocking on your door or ringing any doorbells and are not seeking financial donations, all of the days collection will be delivered directly to the Food Bank which is operated by the Prince Rupert Salvation Army.

To find out more about the Prince Rupert Food Bank contact the Salvation Army at 25 Grenville Court in the city's downtown area or by phone at 250-624-6180.

Should your donation not be collected by 1 PM, you can contact organizers at 250-624-2354.

Organizers are seeking non-perishable goods for Saturday's collection and as part of their notice of this weekend's collection they provided the following list as a guideline as to the kind of items that make for the most impact on what the Food Bank workers have to offer.

The Thanksgiving Food Drive is a true community effort with a number of local businesses, community groups and individual volunteers lending a hand to make it a success.

Stepping up to help out this year are members of the Salvation Army, Fellowship Baptist Church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Knights of Columbus, DP World Prince Rupert, Royal Bank, CityWest, Stuck on Designs and Save on Foods.

You can find out more about Saturday's Food Drive and the work of the Food Bank from the Facebook page created for this weekend's event.