Charleswood Caring and Sharing Food Bank

Over 50 volunteers - parishioners and community neighbours and friends - meet in the hall to organize the food bank at St. Mary, as a partner agency of Winnipeg Harvest. Since opening in 2014, we have increased our client base from 24 to 40 biweekly! We dedicate a good part of our time to offering fellowship and friendship to our regular clients; we also offer a quiet prayer station and caring volunteers for those looking for extra support.

Information for Clients
The Food Bank is open for food pick-ups from 5:30pm-6:30pm every 2nd Thursday, for registered clients only. It is important to note that our Food Bank is an agency partner of Winnipeg Harvest, and as such we are able to provide food only to those clients who have phoned and registered in advance with Winnipeg Harvest each time to attend our specific location. To register for our site, please phone Winnipeg Harvest at 204-982-3660 (they will need your Manitoba medical number). Unfortunately, we are not equipped to provide food for unregistered clients on a drop-in basis.   

Information for Volunteers
It is never too late to become a part of our food bank team. Help is always welcomed and appreciated. You can join a volunteer team or just drop by to lend a hand on any food bank day. Currently three teams of volunteers are scheduled on a rotating basis. Some come at 1pm to receive the delivery from Harvest and set-up, the rest come later to operate the Food Bank when clients attend, and clean up afterwards.

Two volunteers, Iris and Helen, offer a mending service for clients needing small repairs of clothing.

Interested in Volunteering? Please contact our Food Bank coordinator Susan at mrsbrown@mymts.net for further information.