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Rescuing Food, Nourishing Communities.
We leverage app technology and partner with volunteer drivers to deliver surplus food to nonprofits across Metro Vancouver.
Turning Excess Into Impact
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Our Programs
Every year, millions of pounds of edible food go to waste. Our mission is simple: reduce food waste and redirect it to essential neighbourhood food programs and social service organizations.
Together, we’re creating a more sustainable, compassionate community.
Get Involved
We engage volunteers to help food businesses in Metro Vancouver divert surplus food, while supplying nonprofits with fresh, nutritious food.
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Newsletter Spotlight
RBC, through its Social Impact Leadership Program (SILP), played a pivotal role in helping us establish a long-term strategy. Working with a team of RBC professionals, we were able to identify our key strengths and challenges and chart a path forward. Their expertise helped us build our first-ever 5-year strategic plan, providing a clear framework for setting priorities and ensuring financial sustainability.
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Newsletter Spotlight
I’m passionate about creating inclusive spaces where people feel a sense of dignity and belonging. I’m grateful every day to be part of this team that’s found creative ways for the last 16 years to grow food and bright futures in the heart of the city.
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Newsletter Spotlight
I'm a second generation immigrant, born and raised in Vancouver on the traditional and unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. My interest in food systems work began when I was part of one of the City of Vancouver's first high school garden programs. Since then, food has become an important mentor to me, as it is deeply intertwined with people's identities, politics, and the land and water from which it originates.
Newsletter Spotlight
The mission spoke to me right away and addressed multiple intersectional issues that had always weighed heavily on my heart and mind. I signed up to do my first rescue and was immediately hooked. The feeling of knowing that I was supporting community members with good nutritious food, mitigating landfill waste, and combatting CO2e emissions was profoundly fulfilling.
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What drew me to Vancouver Food Runners was how clear and purpose-driven the work is. After spending the past few years in the food systems space, I’ve come to really value the role that last-mile food delivery plays in getting good food to people quickly and consistently.
Newsletter Spotlight
Sharon Dong, Director of Development & Food For Families at CityReach Care Society. A CPA who found her way to CityReach through volunteering, Sharon’s journey through loss, resilience, and purpose helped drive a 1000% growth of the Food for Families program back in 2020.
Ready to Become a Food Rescue Hero?
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