Spirit of Giving

How To Donate Prior To The Parade 

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  • Donate online
  • Join the monthly giving plan. Fax or mail the Monetary Donation Form to the GVFBS office.
  • Donations of cash, cheques, Interac and all major credit cards are accepted at The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society, 1150 Raymur Avenue
  • Cheques can be made out to the GREATER VANCOUVER FOOD BANK SOCIETY and mailed to 1150 Raymur Avenue, Vancouver BC, V6A 3T2
  • Credit card donations can be made by calling 604-876-3601, ext 107 or 108.
  • You can drop off non-perishable food items at your local grocery stores or at the Food Bank office.

How To Donate Onsite at the Rogers Santa Claus Parade:

  • Bring your food donations with you on Parade Day.
  • Pass your non-perishable food items to the front of the curb anywhere along the parade route prior to the start of the parade.  They will be collected and put in the “Spirit Train” as it goes by you at the very beginning of the parade.
  • Alternatively, you can drop off food and monetary donations at the Christmas Square located in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery. There will be a Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society tent collecting your donations there.
  • Donation collectors will be cruising the parade route giving out pom poms in exchange for a monetary donation as well.

What to donate:

Any non-perisable food.  Most needed items include:

  • High protein items such as tuna and canned meat, pasta, diapers, canned hardy soups, baby formula

Summary of 2009 Christmas in July

  • Christmas In July on Thursday, July 30 from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Burrard SkyTrain Station was a huge success.

  • 350 pounds of food and $1500 was collected (that’s $4500 in buying power!)

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Summary of 2008 Christmas In July


Vancouver, BC, July 25, 2008

Santa melts hearts during Christmas in July and commuters come through with much needed donations. The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and the Rogers Santa Claus Parade have once again partnered up to promote the spirit of giving, a theme close to the hearts of both organizations.

Commuters throughout the city were invited to support Santa and volunteers from both the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and the Rogers Santa Claus Parade by bringing non-perishable food and donations to Burrard SkyTrain Station (corner of Burrard & Dunsmuir Streets). Volunteers collected approximately 1000 pounds of food and $6000 in donations, which equates to $18,000 worth of buying power, for a great cause.

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