For the entire month of March, 31 days, I was trying to only eat what the Wood Buffalo Food Bank would provide for a single person. They provided me...
Real estate agents rally to aid food bank
A group of real estate agents is showing their support for the Wood Buffalo Food Bank (WBFB). The A-Team at RE/MAX®️ Fort McMurray scheduled a ser...
Panic-buying causing some food shortages at Wood Buffalo Food Bank
The Wood Buffalo Food Bank is struggling to fill food hampers as people stock up and “panic-buy” groceries in preparation for coronavirus....
Food bank struggling after oil prices, coronavirus triggers panic buying
Grocery store shortages and a drop in donations means some items will be missing from the Wood Buffalo Food Bank’s monthly hampers. In a Thursdary i...
From binge to bust: A Canadian oil town lines up at the food bank
Dan Edwards watched Fort McMurray, Alberta, turn into the insolvency capital of Canada from a brown brick warehouse on King Street, home to the Wood B...
4th Annual Empty Bowls Festival nearly reaches fundraising goal thanks to warmer weather and online sales
(Fort McMurray, AB – August 12, 2019) – On Sunday, August 11th the 4th Annual Empty Bowls Festival presented by John Wilson’s Hedco Group in sup...
Empty Bowls raise nearly $22,700 for Wood Buffalo Food Bank
An afternoon of hot food, art and music raised $22,695 for the Wood Buffalo Food Bank at the annual Empty Bowls Festival. The annual event at Jubilee ...
Rooftop campout sets record with $46,000 raised for charities
More than $46,000 was raised during the eighth annual rooftop campout, the highest amount raised by the event. After spending 100 hours on the roofto...
‘We are making progress’: Fort McMurray still rebuilding 3 years after devastating wildfire
May 3rd marks the third anniversary of the wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray in 2016. The fire was the largest evacuation in the province’s...
Media challenge shows how fragile food security is for many in Wood Buffalo
When I first started the Wood Buffalo Food Bank hamper challenge, I thought sticking to a strict list of food items over two weeks wouldn’t be a pro...
Food bank fundraiser brings more than 39,000 lbs. of food; spring demand expected to grow
A weekend food bank drive brought in $13,742 in donations and 39,925 lbs. of food, or about the same weight as a Diversified X345 bus. The weekend cal...
5th Annual Servus Spring Food Drive brings in much needed donations
Monday, April 08, 2019 [Fort McMurray, Alberta] – The 5th Annual Servus Spring Food Drive took place this past weekend with the goal of raising fund...
Wood Buffalo Food Bank suspends Basic Shelf and Financial Literacy Program due to loss in funding
March 13, 2019 (Fort McMurray, Alberta) Due to a loss in financial support, the Wood Buffalo Food Bank (WBFB) has suspended their Basic Shelf and Fina...
Wood Buffalo Food Bank Kicks Off March Hamper Challenge
(March 04, 2019) Fort McMurray, Alberta – Throughout the month of March, several media personalities in Fort McMurray will be living off a two-week ...
Syncrude Corporate Challenge 2018
The Wood Buffalo Food Bank Association is once again holding its annual Syncrude Corporate Challenge on November 29, 2018 from 7am to 7pm! We ar...
Annual AGM on October 29
Join us for our Annual AGM on October 29 at 6pm! See what we’ve been up to the past year, and how you can be involved! We’d love to see yo...
What Did We Learn from the 2016 Horse River Fire?
Food Banks, Disaster Response and Recovery: What Did We Learn from the 2016 Horse River Fire? Over the past 8 months the Wood Buffalo Food Bank Asso...
Food bank still dealing with fallout from Fort McMurray wildfire
Every month, the Wood Buffalo Food Bank serves nearly 750 families and about 10 per cent of them are still out of their homes because of wildfire d...
More than 75,000 lbs of food raised for food bank
http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2017/12/04/more-than-75000-lbs-of-food-raised-for-food-bank...
Markaz-Ul-Islam holding donation drive Saturday to replenish food bank stores
http://www.fortmcmurraytoday.com/2017/07/24/markaz-ul-islam-holding-donation-drive-saturday-to-replenish-food-bank-stores...