Who We Are
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Guelph Food Bank (GFB) was established by Spiritwind Christian Centre in 1989 to accomplish one major goal: To help those in our community who are in need of food support while encouraging them to become self-sufficient by supporting them with our various life skills programs.
Board of Directors
Guelph Food Bank is governed by a Board of Directors.
Deb Cripps - President
Evelyn Rauscher - Vice President
Beverley Fung - Treasurer
Deb Fitton - Secretary
Bob Fitton - Director
What We Do
Simply put, we provide food relief for those in need.
No one ever plans to need services such as a Food Bank until they do. The reality is that many in our community just don’t have the means to get by.
The decline in jobs that pay a living wage and employer pensions benefits, loss of jobs due to lay-offs and increases in interest rates, mean that many of our neighbours are unable to get the basic necessities for their families.
We provide emergency food supports to individuals faced with any form of financial hardships. We also work with and support other similarly aligned charities and non-profit organizations working to alleviate the effects of poverty. (For more information, visit Feed Ontario).
Why We Do It
In a world that produces enough food to feed everyone, nobody should be going hungry, but hunger for many is an unfortunate reality. We aim to alleviate these effects by connecting those in need with supplemental food supports that might otherwise be out of reach.
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Food Programs & Distribution
For more than 30 years, the core focus of the Guelph Food Bank (GFB) has been to ensure everyone in this community has access to the foods they need to thrive. We have evolved over the years to change our services to best suit those needs; from our original hamper program, to our choice driven shopping model, to our current modifed shopping model.
For more than 30 years, the core focus of the Guelph Food Bank (GFB) has been to ensure everyone in this community has access to the foods they need to thrive. We have evolved over the years to change our services to best suit those needs, from our original hamper program to our choice-driven shopping model, to our current modified shopping model.
For more than 30 years, the core focus of the Guelph Food Bank (GFB) has been to ensure everyone in this community has access to the foods they need to thrive. We have evolved over the years to change our services to best suit those needs; from our original hamper program, to our choice driven shopping model, to our current modifed shopping model.
GFB is committed to continually evolving to serve the needs of our clients best. We rely on the support of our community through food drives, ongoing bin collections in stores, direct recovery from manufacturers & distributors, and through our affiliations as the local member of Feed Ontario and a affiliate member of Food Banks Canada.
Agency Excess Program
Guelph Food Bank proudly supports other local member agencies through monthly food offers to help offset food-related program costs.
Current Member Agencies include:
Neighbourhood Group
Farmer Program
GFB actively works to reduce the wastage of food within our community at all levels, including our own post reclamation waste. To do so, we partner with local farmers who are able to use foods beyond their human consumption life to feed their cattle, pigs, or turn to compost, etc.
Location & Hours
Client Access Hours:
Client food pick up is 9 am - 11:45 am Monday through Friday
(no weekends or stat holidays)
Office Hours:
9 am - 4 pm
Monday through Friday
