EMERGENCY FOOD HAMPERS

This is in response to new research, skyrocketing demand and an updated mission that has us focusing on food accessibility. The branch will be located at 706 7 Avenue S.W, in the Neoma building, just off the 7th street CTrain station. This location was chosen for two main reasons: 

• The Calgary Food Bank served 6,300 unique clients in one year from the Beltline area.  
• Approximately 25% of our clients use transit to pick up their hampers.

The Beltline has the largest low-income population in Calgary with 18,900 people living below the poverty line. Only 33% of them are accessing our Emergency Food Hamper program 

This area’s population is expected to grow by 8% by 2028, meaning we can reasonably expect that 10,000 more hampers will be needed in this area at that time.  

We have already implemented a choice model of distribution for our main location, but we are looking to take this a step further at our new branch.  

We are looking to implement a shopping model, setting up the distribution area like a store and letting clients “shop” for their own hampers. 

Making sure that food is available for the food insecure in our community is an important step, but we need to also make it more accessible, dignified and effective. This new location is a step towards just that. 

We expect our new branch to be fully operational in the Summer of 2025!