Eastside Family Place’s food programs strive to address both immediate needs and promote longer-term food security goals. On a daily basis, nutritional supports are available for children and adults and a variety of food programs and skills workshops are offered throughout the year on topics that facilitate healthy eating and lifestyle choices.
- Healthy snacks are provided during the Drop-In program and during parenting groups
- Brunches or light lunches are served when available
- Nutritious foods are accessible as needed
- A Community Food Cupboard provides free access to food staples, for families that need extra assistance
- Cooking workshops provide hands-on learning about nutrition, food budgeting, meal planning and related topics
- A community garden provides hands-on learning opportunities about growing edibles in an urban setting and encourages sustainable practices
- Occasional potlucks and cultural celebrations provide an enjoyable opportunity for participants to build community connections and share cultural traditions
Parents in the Kitchen Program
Thursdays 9 am – 11 am – during our drop in
We’re looking for parent volunteers to come in and help cook and share your favourite vegetarian, nut free recipes with other families.
We can provide childcare and ingredient costs will be covered.
Please contact a staff member or email mrodrigues@eastsidefamilyplace.org
Kids in the Kitchen Program
Tuesdays and Thursdays
1 pm – 2:15 pm
Grace will be continuing this program cooking with kids in the kitchen!
Families and Caregivers welcome
Food security is a priority at Eastside Family Place. ESFP is located in East Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood, a community that includes a high percentage of vulnerable families that are low-income, single-parent, aboriginal, and newly immigrated or refugee. Child and family poverty is on the rise as rents and cost of living are continuing to increase exponentially.
Please donate to ESFP’s Food Programs
When you donate to ESFP’s food-security programs you are supporting the healthy development of young children and families in our local community. Please make a donation today. You can donate online here and designate your donation to a specific program, if you wish, or we will apply it wherever the need is greatest.
We also welcome donations of food staples for the Community Food Cupboard.
Thank you to the local businesses that support ESFP’s food programs with regular donations:
Uprising Breads Bakery has been a regular donor for many years and continues to provide ESFP with monthly donations of bread and baked goods. These donations are very valuable contributions to all of ESFP’s food programs and the families we serve. Many thanks to Uprising Breads Bakery.
MOJA COFFEE provides us with ground coffee on a monthly donation. The parents and caregivers enjoy a cup of coffee while visiting with us and they appreciate it very much. Many thanks to Moja Coffee for the ongoing support.
Knowing that if I couldn’t feed my children in the morning there will be a breakfast that I can create at Family Place. Not just for my children, but for myself as well.”
Parent participant
