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Nov 5, 2025 Sparwood Food Share continues to operate 364 days per year, employing 4 staff with the assistance of 8 volunteers. An amazing crew! We average about 350 visits per month, that include our food bank clients, local seniors, and the churches. Year to date, we have picked up 106,500 pounds of food, feeding Sparwood’s families and keeping food our of the landfill. We only held a few “open to the public” events throughout the year and have been taking excess plant based

Nov 5, 2025 The 2024-2025 fiscal year was another strong one for the Sparwood Food Bank with an increase (income-expenses) of $46,397. Through the year, $20,000 was transferred to the Food Share account to support wages and Receiver General payments, and the main expenses of the year were $4600 for Christmas gift cards and $10,500 for the second half of the roof repairs. Major donations for the year included the Rossy Foundation - $10,675.00, CBC Food Bank Day - $11,715, and

Nov 5, 2025 The Sparwood Food Bank continues to serve clients Tuesdays and Thursdays with monthly hampers, seeing an average of 48 clients per month and giving out about 70 hampers per month (some clients receive a large and small or variation of sizes depending on the family size). While we have added new clients to our list, we also have clients who “graduated” from our services and no longer need us – exactly what we want for them! December 2024, we had another successful