Each month we provide emergency food to help feed up to 2000 people.
We can’t do this without community support. Your donations help us feed families in need!
Where can I donate food?
Shop and drop!
You can donate food at the main grocery stores in Whitehorse—Super A, Wykes Independent, Superstore, and Shoppers in Qwanlin Mall. Look for the green-painted drop-off box near the exit.
You can also bring food directly to the Whitehorse Food Bank at our downtown location:
306B Alexander Street
Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
If you prefer to buy and donate food directly to us, we’re happy to offer a Gift In Kind tax receipt.
When you drop off your donation, please bring the store receipts for the items you purchased. We’ll photocopy your receipt and enter the details into CanadaHelps so you receive a tax receipt at the end of the year.
To help us process it smoothly, make sure your full name, mailing address, and email address are clearly written on the back of the receipt or on an attached piece of paper. Email is the easiest way for you to receive your receipt—and it saves us from having to mail it!
People can drop off food donations at Superstore, Super A, Wykes Independent and Shoppers in the Qwanlin Mall. On your way out of the store, leave your donations in a green box like this one. See the list below of most needed items and consider adding some to your next grocery list!
Food drives
You can also donate food on your own doorstep. Throughout the year, we organize a city-wide food drives. Bags are dropped off at your door and then volunteers come around a few days later to pick up your donations, at a time noted on the bag.
There are also many smaller food drives organized by school classes, businesses and other groups at different times of the year. They often collect food in their schools, workplaces or organizations and deliver the donations to the Food Bank.
Different businesses, schools and groups help out by collecting food in their own workplaces and organizations.
What should I donate?
Below is a list of the things we put in our food hampers. These are the items we need the most! When we do not have enough donations of these items, we have to buy them.
What we need most:
Canned food
- Soups
- Vegetables
- Tomato sauce
- Fruit
- Meat/fish (tuna, chicken, ham)
- Canned beans
Beverages
- Coffee (ground),
- Tea (herbal, regular)
Dry Goods
- Pasta
- Mac and cheese
- Rice
- Peanut butter
- Cereal, hot or cold (large)
- Granola bars
- Soda crackers
- Sugar
- Flour
Other items
- Feminine hygiene products (pads, tampons)
- Toilet paper
- Diapers (all sizes)
- Soap, toothpaste, tooth brushes, razors, shampoo
We also accept:
- Garden produce
- Farm produce
- Unopened frozen food, as long as it’s not expired and still fully frozen
- Bread, as long as it's not past the best before date
Things we can’t use:
- Homemade foods
- Opened items
- Home pickled/canned goods
- Items containing alcohol
- Expired items
