Holiday food drive: Help Burnaby RCMP Cram the Cruiser in support of Burnaby Neighbourhood House

Burnaby

2024-11-28 10:13 PST

This holiday season, Burnaby RCMP is proud to support the work of Burnaby Neighbourhood House (BNH) through the detachment’s annual Cram the Cruiser food drive.

Officers from the Community Response Team (CRT) will be collecting donations of non-perishable food, grocery gift cards, and cash to support BNH’s food hubs, which support people experiencing food insecurity.

Cram the Cruiser comes at an important time for Burnaby Neighbourhood House, which continues to see high demand for its food hubs. In 2024, 2,495 people visited two BNH food hubs. Throughout the year, approximately 27,500 BNH hampers provided 62,000 meals to seniors, children and families in our community.

Burnaby RCMP’s 2024 Cram the Cruiser food drive:

Thursday, December 5, 2024

Friday, December 6, 2024

Every year we are amazed by the generosity of our community as we collect donations during Cram the Cruiser, said Insp. Peri Mainwaring, Burnaby RCMP’s Community Programs Officer. Every donation collected during the food drive will directly support people in Burnaby experiencing food insecurity and help Burnaby Neighbourhood House offer critical food programming through the holidays and beyond.

Burnaby Neighbourhood House’s top ten choices for food donations:

  1. Zero or low sodium tinned vegetables, soups, and beans
  2. Whole wheat or vegetable pastas
  3. Low sugar tomato or pasta sauce
  4. Peanut or other nut butters
  5. Whole grain crackers and low sugar cereals
  6. Unsweetened applesauce or canned fruit in juice
  7. Canned tuna in water, canned chicken or salmon
  8. Healthy canned stews or chili
  9. Brown rice, barley, lentils, dried peas, quinoa, or couscous
  10. Shelf stable milk and milk alternatives

A poster that reads: Burnaby RCMP Cram the Cruiser Food Drive – help the Burnaby RCMP support Burnaby Neighbourhood House Food Banks this holiday season during our annual Cram the Cruiser Food Drive. Safeway Burnaby Heights (4400 Hastings Street) Thursday, December 5, 10 am to 2 pm, Superstore Metrotown, Friday, December 6, 10 am to 2 pm. There are images of police officers in various uniforms standing at a table with food, another image of a uniformed police officer with a donation box, an image of a police cruiser and some bags of food. There are logos for Burnaby RCMP and Burnaby Neighbourhood House.

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