Walmart Thorhill's Supercentre raises $3,275 for the Vaughan Food Bank Walmart Thorhill’s Supercentre raises $3,275 for the Vaughan Food Bank
A subsidiary of Mississauga-based Wal-Mart Canada has an initiative that it says could bring hundreds of thousands of badly-needed dollars into the coffers of food ban... more
WOODBRIDGE MOM 2 MOM SALE - 2012 WOODBRIDGE MOM 2 MOM SALE - 2012
We had a fantastic time as well and really appreciate the opportunity to participate in this year’s WOODBRIDGE MOM 2 MOM SALE.
Sandra Moniz Prencipe, Thank you for your vision and work. It truly is peopl... more
Reptilia 2012 Reptilia kicked off its Annual Mayor’s Day & Food Drive on Saturday Feb. 18th with Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua of the City of Vaughan, Right Honourable Peter Kent M.P. Thornhill, Lee Parker, Peter Wixson Executive Director Vaughan Food Bank a... more
Saint Joan of Arc's Partnership with Vaughan Food Bank Business Luncheon On January 12th, 2012 the grade 12 Business Leadership class hosted the “1st Business Leadership Luncheon” at St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School. The luncheon event was planned and executed by three teams of students from the busi... more
Wal-Mart Food Drive at the Vaughan Supercentre Walmart Vaughan Supercentre (Edgeley Blvd) raises $17,330 for the Vaughan Food Bank
Walmart Canada Bank donate $5 to local food banks every time a customer enrols in the Walmart Rewards MasterCard program beginning Dec. 9. A subsidiary of Missi... more
Vaughan Food Bank Launches Christmas Food Drive Appeal Peter Wixson Director of the Vaughanfood bank has launched an appeal for food and donations this year. Today Dec. 15th 2011 when Peter was asked about the food supply “I spend most of my time signing up new people in need and donations are scar... more
Peter Wixson Receives Civic Hero Award VAUGHAN, ON – Vaughan Council has presented Peter Wixson with the City’s Ward 2 Civic Hero Award for his volunteer efforts in the community as Executive Director of the Vaughan Food Bank.
“The Vaughan Food Bank has been instrumenta... more
Urgent!!! Possible Scam Please be aware of possible door to door scam involving cash donations for Vaughan Food Bank to help pay for facility rent.
The Vaughan Food Bank does not canvas door to door for monetary donations.
If you are, or have been confronted with this typ... more
Give to the Vaughan Food Bank The Vaughan Food Bank has been operating since 1995 and is associated with the Vaughan Community Information Centre and The PennyWise Thrift Store., is incorporated and has a charity registration number.
The Vaughan Food Bank is operated entirely by... more
The Knights Lend a Helping Hand at the Vaughan Food Bank The Knights of Columbus St. Peter's Council were on hand last evening at the Vaughan Food Bank to prepare the Christmas Hampers for the needy of our community. Peter Wixson, the Director of the Vaughan Food Bank, exclaimed that he was pleasantly surp... more
Soulway Drive Street Party The Soulway Drive community hosted a street party and barbeque food drive. Lillie Tavaras and neighbours along with regional counsillor Mario Ferri enjoyed a sunny afternoon filled with community fun, barbeque, and a watermelon eating contest. Vaugha... more
The SavourVaughan Food Drive The numbers are in and we’re delighted to announce the 3rd Annual SavourVaughan Thanksgiving Food Drive benefiting the Vaughan Food Bank was a tremendous success. Despite the inclement weather, the kick off event at Fortinos this past Saturday... more
Vaughan Food Bank Volunteers Honoured Volunteers from the Vaughan Food Bank where honoured at a special luncheon recently. The awards were commissioned by Regional Councilor Mario Ferri to various local artists to paint scenes of the City of Vaughan. The framed Limited Edition Prints are... more
Bausch & Lomb Really Cares
On Tuesday May 20, Bausch & Lomb invited Vaughan Food Bank Director, Peter Wixson to their Corporate Offices in Vaughan to participate in the " Day of CaringFund Raising Draw ". Peter selected the winning tickets and helped present the winni... more
Bausch & Lomb International Day of Caring MaryAnn Kearney and her corporate team of employees from Bausch & Lomb of Vaughan, Ontario in conjunction with " The International Day of Caring ", provided tremendous support to the Vaughan Food bank with their special food drive.In early May,... more
Ontario Soccer Association Scores Big for Vaughan Food Bank The 2008 annual Coaches-Managers seminar held at the Ontario Soccer Association on November 8th raised over 18 barrels of food and cash donations for the Vaughan Food Bank. The Ontario Soccer Association has had numerous food dr... more
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train rode the rails into the City VAUGHAN, ON – The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train rode the rails into the City Tuesday to collect food items and money for the Vaughan Food Bank. “The Holiday Train provides our residents with the opportunity to unite in the battle against... more
Thanksgiving Food Drive The Public and Catholic Schools in Vaughan, the churches, synagogues, stores, shopping centres, small businesses, etc. came together to make this Thanksgiving Drive the greatest success ever! The Food Drive kicked off at Fortinos in Woodbridge with t... more
Savor Vaughan Food Drive, Huge Success! Charlie (Peter Wixson) and his Angels (volunteers) have done it again! The Fortino's Plaza was filled with the sound of fire truck sirens, delicious coffee, pizza, cold drinks, Sparky the Fire Department mascot and radio station Z 103.5. The food dri... more
Fire Fighters Association Score Huge! On Friday November 7, 2008 The Fire Fighters Association Young Guns defeated the Old Guys in a hockey tournament.The big winner was the Vaughan Food Bank! A cheque of presented to Peter Wixson, Director of the Vaughan Food Bank in the amount of $600.... more
St Peter's Knights - Food Drive 2008 On October 4, 2008 several Knights of Columbus, Knights from St. Peter's Church in West Woodbridge were on hand at the Fortino's Savor Vaughan Food Drive on behalf of the Vaughan Food Bank. Many of the Knights were of attendance for a cheque presenta... more
2nd Annual SavourVaughan Thanksgiving Food Drive Surpasses Goal of $16,000 Click Here to View PhotosFor Immediate Release: Vaughan, Ontario…The Organizers of SavourVaughan Restaurant Week have done it again. The 2nd Annual SavourVaughan Thanksgiving Food Drive benefiting the Vaughan Food Bank raised $16,100 dollars in... more
Young Generous Samaritans at Blue Willow Public School Help the VFB (Above: Pictures of the Grades 3 & 4 students who assisted in the fundraiser)Ms. Testa and a group of students in grades 3 & 4 from Blue Willow Public School raised $850.00 to buy much needed supplies for the Vaughan Food Bank, which will help t... more
St. Gregory the Great CES Summer Carnival (Above: Pictures of some of the various attractions that were at the carnival.)On Tuesday June 10, 2008 St. Gregory the Great CES hosted its annual summer carnival. The carnival was a night of fun and entertainment for St. Gregory's students and th... more
Vaughan Food Bank Receives a Refurbished Van (Above, from left to right: The refurbished van; and, Vaughan Food Bank Director Peter Wixson and members of the Vaughan Firefighters Mechanical Group stand in front of the van.)On Thursday June 10, 2008 the Vaughan Firefighters Mechanical Group do... more
Girls on the Run 5km Walk (Above, from left to right: Two Vaughan Food Bank volunteers hold up a VFB sign; and, participants gather for the start of the walk.)
On May 31st 2008 Girls on the Run hosted a 5km walk in support of Kids Help Phone. The run was held at... more
Memorial tribute to a fallen hero (Above: Robert Thomas at the Fortino's located near Highway 7 and Weston Road at an event organized by the Vaughan fiirefighters to raise both food and money for the Vaughan Food Bank). The Vaughan Food Bank would like to express their condolences... more
St. James Lenten CES Food Drive 2008 a Great Success! (Above: Gabriella Mastrodicasa, Principal, St. James CES next to the aprox. 1500 lbs. of food that was raised)
The Vaughan Food Bank would like to thank St. James Catholic Elementary School in Maple for their continued support with their ye... more
Galleria Supermarket - "Share The Love" Vaughan Food Bank was one of the many recipients of Galleria Supermarket Charity Fundraising. Susan Kadis, MP Thornhill, and Peter Shurman, MPP Thorhill, presented Peter Wixson, Director of VFB, with a donation of $1500 on behalf of Mr. Je... more
A visit from the children of the Chinmaya Mission Temple It was a pleasure for Peter Wixson, Director of the VFB, to have the children from the Chinmaya Mission temple visit the Food Bank facility on Sunday February 17th. Upon arrival, these children were given a brief presentation about th... more
A youngster with a big heart Maya would like to thank all her friends who donated various food items to the Vaughan food bank in honour of her 8th birthday. Prior to celebrating her birthday with her friends, Maya decided to use this event as an opportunity... more
Thanksgiving Food Drive well under way in Vaughan Click here for Photos Vaughan - A massive Thanksgiving Food Drive in Vaughan to benefit the Vaughan Food Bank kicked off in high gear yesterday thanks to the support of the local community and businesses. The big event took place early yesterday m... more
Curves Food Drives Bring in Over 1 ton of Food Curves Woodbridge (Weston Road), Curves Woodbridge West, Curves Maple and Curves Thornhill have all just conducted Annual Curves Food and Membership Drives in support of the Vaughan Food Bank. Competition amongst the four Curves Centers was fierce... more
Charity Hockey Game nets $1000.00 for Vaughan Food Bank The Vaughan Professional Fire Fighters Association (VPFFA) and the Toronto Police Hockey Association have recently donated $1000.00 to the VFB. This donation was made possible through a charity hockey game, held at the Sports Hockey Complex on... more
Disney Store Food Drive brings in over 1500 lbs for the VFB The employees of the Disney Store, Vaughan Mills have recently collected roughly 1567 lbs of food in their internal food drive. The food was raised in support of the Vaughan Food Bank (VFB)
These kinds of food drives mean so much to the VFB and its... more
St. James CES Easter Food Drive Raises Nearly One Ton of Food
The Vaughan Food Bank would like to thank St. James Catholic Elementary School in Maple for their continued support with their yearly Lenten Food Drive. They have just ended their 5th annual Lenten Food Drive with a total of 14 barrels colle... more
How to Conduct a Food Drive Contact Vaughan Food Bank @ 905-851-2333 for complete support. The food bank has a limited number of barrels for collection of food items. Barrels can be delivered to collection site and be picked up at specified time & date or when drive is fini... more
SavourVaughan Gives Back To Local Food Bank The Vaughan Food Bank is in need of more space, and would ultimately like to expand its headquarters. The organizers of SavourVaughan would like to contribute to this expansion with net proceeds being forwarded to this wonderful organization.
Org... more
Vaughan Welcomes CPR Christmas Train In Partnership with the City of Vaughan and the City of Vaughan’s My Vaughan Shines WinterLights Celebrations, The CPR Holiday Train stopped in Vaughan, Past December 4, 2006, at 10:00 p.m. This initiative raised a great amount of food item... more
