In the spirit of reconciliation, the Strathcona Food Bank acknowledges that it operates on Treaty Six Territory and the homeland of the Metis Nation of Alberta, Region Two and Four. We honour the First Peoples of this land and recognize that we stand upon land that carries the footsteps of Cree, Metis, and Blackfoot amongst many other Nations, who have been here for thousands of years.
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We offer weekly/bi-weekly food support to about 40 local agencies and programs such as The Robin Hood Association and The Safe Place. We also provide staples to mini food pantries in the community, such as the mini-pantry in the Family and Community Services building. These pantries help to ensure that people can access emergency food when and where they need it.
We recognize that children and teens a unique need for nutritious snacks to support their healthy growth and development. Our snack bags, which have about 25 school-safe snacks including dried fruit, shelf-stable milk and fruit cups, are provided monthly in grocery orders for 5-17 year olds. We also provide these directly to schools to provide for students in need.
This is a unique partnership with Salisbury Composite High School culinary program. Foods that are not ideal for consumption,(such as over-ripe bananas) are repurposed by the culinary students into delicious products (such as banana bread) that are then offered to our guests. It's a popular program that keeps foods out of the landfill, teaches students valuable kitchen skills and provides a wonderful variety of baking, soups and sauces to our guests.
One month prior to their next birthday, every child and teen ages 2 - 17 receives a special bag that provides supplies to help celebrate a birthday! Collecting for and building birthday bags is done by many community groups including schools.
As a supplement to our standard hampers, we offer a choice section so that guests can choose a few extra foods that fit their personal and cultural food preferences. It has a cooler, freezer and 24 ft of grocery store shelving and offers things like produce, dairy, spices, sauces, canned goods, baking items and toiletries.
As the foundation to our food provision, we offer full grocery orders once a month and weekly top-up bread, baking and produce orders. Our monthly orders provide groceries that offer a 7-day nutritionally-balanced diet according to the Canada's Food Guide, and up to 14 days sustenance. On special request, we accommodate some dietary restrictions (vegetarian, gluten-free, pork-free, nut-free) and offer some additional items such as baby products and meal replacements.
Hello and thanks for supporting the Strathcona Food Bank!
This form will help us all stay organized.
My name is Anke Berner and I’m the Public Relations Volunteer for the Strathcona Food Bank at 255 Kaska Road in Sherwood Park. I’ll be helping and supporting you through your important (and fun!) initiative.
We have many groups who support the Strathcona Food Bank throughout the year by hosting events for us. These events can vary from collecting non-perishable food items, events where entrance fees are donated back to us, 50/50 rallies to hanging door hangers throughout Sherwood Park.
Fill out this form and hit send and I will be in touch in the coming days! I can then explain better to you how we can help one another.
Anke Berner – Public Relations Volunteer, Strathcona Food Bank
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Hello and thanks for thinking of the Strathcona Food Bank!
This form will help you and your team (and us) stay super organized.
In 2023, the Strathcona Food Bank had over 17, 000 people visits and served over 5500 hampers to Strathcona County residents (35% increase over 2022). We are a 100% volunteer run organization – and look forward to community groups helping us out in the warehouse.
Please note that we are open to the public during the following dates/times and are not able to accommodate community group volunteers during these hours:
If you have a small group (10 people or less) who are interested in helping in our warehouse, here is what your 2-hour work bee would include:
Fill in this form and hit send and we will be in touch in the coming days!
Val Mitchell – Community Groups Volunteer, Strathcona Food Bank
Hello and thanks for thinking of the Strathcona Food Bank!
This form will help you and your team (and us) stay super organized.
In 2023, the Strathcona Food Bank had over 17, 000 people visits and served over 5500 hampers to Strathcona County residents (35% increase over 2022). We are a 100% volunteer run organization – and look forward to community groups helping us out in the warehouse.
Please note that we are open to the public during the following dates/times and are not able to accommodate community group volunteers during these hours:
If you have a large group (11-20 individuals) interested in touring our warehouse, here is what your 1-hour (approximate) visit would include:
Note: Groups that have individuals under the age of 18 must have an adult supervisor per six individuals and your sports team / business / organization is responsible for its volunteers.
Fill in this form and hit send and we will be in touch in the coming days!
Val Mitchell – Community Groups Volunteer, Strathcona Food Bank
You can make a donation via e-transfer through the financial institution of your choice. Please ensure that the recipient email address is set to treasurer@strathconafoodbank.ca
If you have any questions or concerns, please send an email to the above address and our Treasurer will assist you.
Thank you for supporting the Strathcona Food Bank, any and all donation are greatly appreciated!