How to Help

Explore How You Can Help Today

Learn how you can get involved with Backpack Buddies and help feed kids in your community.

Just $25 feeds a
child today

Every $25 you give provides a child with meals and snacks to last the weekend.

The Friday Club

Give Monthly

Join Backpack Buddies’ monthly giving program: The Friday Club. For just $100 a month, you can feed a hungry child in your community every weekend and bring joy back to Friday afternoons.

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Pack and Give Back

Connect your Company and Inspire your Team

In our Pack and Give Back program, community-minded companies financially sponsor bags of food for hungry kids and then join us at our warehouse to pack those bags. If you want to engage your employees and build an even stronger, more inspired team, then join us today to Pack and Give Back.

Legacy Giving

Leaving your gift of hope

Leaving a legacy to Backpack Buddies in your will is a meaningful way to care for vulnerable children, ensuring they can grow up with enough food to eat. Today, there are over 190,000 children in BC who are going hungry. One day, we hope to be able help them all. Your legacy will help to make this dream possible.

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Nourish and Flourish

Shop to Give in our Online Marketplace

Give real products like milk, hummus, grapes, oatmeal and more by giving through our online marketplace, Nourish & Flourish. Shop from the comfort of your own home, or get your family, friends and colleagues involved with a virtual food drive. Every dollar you give through Nourish & Flourish will go directly to feeding hungry kids across BC with Backpack Buddies.

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More Ways to Give

There are lots of ways to give to help feed kids in your own community and across BC.

Give Cryptocurrency

You can make a gift to Backpack with your cryptocurrency. With the support of Canadian-based crypto payment gateway, EukaPay, we are happy to be able to accept all major cryptocurrencies.

Give Crypto

Give Securities

When you donate stocks or securities, you can support Backpack Buddies in a tax-savvy way—and your donation goes further than if you sold the shares and donated cash. That’s a bigger impact to help vulnerable children access the food they need, and a bigger impact on the families who love them. If you’re interested in donating this way, please click below for more info or contact Emily-anne King.

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Give by Cheque

We are happy to accept your donations by mail. Please make your cheque out to Backpack Buddies and mail it to Backpack Buddies at 170 Harbour Avenue, North Vancouver, BC, V7J 2E6.

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Fundraising Events

Rally your Community to Generosity

We believe in the power of our collective action and champion community fundraisers. Create your own fundraiser and invite your family, friends, classmates or colleagues to give generously. Every $25 you raise together will feed another child for the weekend.

Volunteering

Give your Time

Every year, hundreds of people volunteer to help pack bags of food at our warehouse in North Vancouver. Volunteers work in pairs or small groups for three-hour shifts filling bags with meals and snacks to last a child the weekend.

UPDATE: Our volunteer program is currently full (wow!). Please be in touch to be placed on our waitlist. We look forward to inviting you for a volunteer shift soon.

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For just $25, you can provide a hungry child in your community with meals and snacks to last the weekend.