Host your event
Planning Your Event
We are community owned and community supported, meaning all of our donations come directly from generous community members like YOU! Hosting your own fundraiser is a great way to help support the community and feed Calgary.
This year, due to continued restrictions and food bank resources, we are encouraging the Calgary community to host virtual food drives, in lieu of the traditional food drive. With a virtual food drive, we create you a personalized fundraising page through Canada Helps that you can share with your community to raise funds online. Anyone who donates online will automatically receive a tax receipt. The funds you raise will help feed fellow Calgarians!
Did you know for every $1 donated we can distribute $5 worth of food?
Virtual Food Drive
Bring your fundraiser to the next level by having an online fundraising page. Share the link with your family, friends and coworkers, asking them to consider making a donation.
Online fundraising pages are great to support an activity that you are participating in, complement an event or milestone that you are celebrating, or simply to raise funds to help feed Calgary. Donations made online of $3 or more will receive a charitable tax receipt through our online giving platform Canada Helps. Did you know for every $1 donated we can distribute $5 worth of food?
Please email our team members, or call 403-253-2059 ext 3
Traditional Food Drive or Fundraiser
Hosting a traditional food drive this year? Here are some things to expect this year to help us provide essential items for our clients experiencing food insecurity.
- Please focus your food drive on one of our most needed items: canned tomatoes, kraft dinner, canned fruit, or peanut butter.
- Please email our team members, or call 403-253-2059 ext 3
- Food drive boxes will need to be picked up at our Main Location 5000 11 Street SE Donation Centre which is Loading Dock Door 7, Monday to Thursday 8 am – 7:30 pm and Friday 8 am – 3 pm.
Step 1: Register your Food drive OR Fundraiser
Whether you are hosting a food drive to collect food donations from friends, family, coworkers or clients; or hosting an online fundraiser to help feed Calgary, make sure you register your event. By registering your fundraiser we can support your event, share your work and inspire others, and so we can say thank you!
Step 2: Learn More
Learn more about us through our fast facts, wish list and other great resources. Use them in your own fundraiser to help feed Calgary! Get the resources.
“I knew I could make a difference by helping the food bank. I talked to my mom about it and did some research. I learned that the food bank can get more food with money than I can buying the food myself. I know families with special dietary needs so you often need to buy stuff. I decided to collect toonies. Every kid has a toonie laying around. I decided it would be cool to try to raise $200, that seemed like a reasonable amount to aim for. The total raised was $397.70.”
Brandon, Leadership Student
Fundraising Resources
WISH List
Fast Facts
Logos & Guidelines
offline donation form
