Grandview Woodland Food Connection Volunteer Opportunities – Get Involved in Food Issues in Your Community
The Grandview Woodland Food Connection is a grassroots food security group in East Vancouver supporting residents to access healthy and affordable food. They are developing a number of community based food initiatives, including community gardening, bulk buying groups, school gardens, canning workshops, community kitchens and more.
They are currently seeking community members interested in volunteering to help them with social media outreach, fundraising event organization, wordpress web support, chef mentors for a youth meal program, poster designers, food workshop leaders (paid), and experienced gardeners for their school garden program. This is a great opportunity to get involved in community food programming. Call Ian if interested @ 604-718-5895.
Lower Mainland Free and Low-Cost Food Map
February 25, 2016 by DABC
Burnaby Food First maintains a map and printable flyer with a basic list showing where people in the Lower Mainland can find meal programs and food at free or low-cost. The map can be found at
http://burnabyfoodfirst.blogspot.ca/p/free-low-cost-food-resources.html
Basic information is provided on the map, but for details on the programs, schedules, and services available, you have to contact the organization at the details provided.
Burnaby Food First strives to ensure that this list is up-to-date, but if you find that a service or program is no longer available at a particular site or wish to see certain services or organizations dealing with free and low-cost food, please contact them.
On PWD or PPMB benefits? Want help filing your 2015 taxes for free?
February 19, 2016 by DABC
Tax AID DABC is offering in-person tax clinics in at the DABC office (#204-456 West Broadway) in Vancouver where we will help you file your 2015 tax returns.
The clinic is for recipients of BC disability assistance (either PWD or PPMB benefits) who have simple income tax situations (no self-employment income, most or all income reported on T-slips). When you come to the clinic bring your T5007 tax slips and any other slips with you.
Clinics will be offered the following days:
Wednesday, March 2
Wednesday, March 16
Wednesday, March 30
Wednesday, April 13
Please call Chloe Krause at 604-872-1278 or email taxaid@disabilityalliancebc.therightfitbc.org with a number you can be reached at to request an appointment.
