Cochrane Food Bank Society

06/17/2026

💛 Your Support Makes a Difference 💛

Every donation helps us provide essential items to local individuals and families facing food insecurity. Right now, we're still especially in need of a few everyday necessities to help keep our shelves stocked.

🛒 Current Priority Items:
🥣 Pantry Staples: cereal, oatmeal, rice, canned salmon, and 1L juice
🍼 Baby & Child Essentials: larger-size diapers and pull-ups
🧴 Personal Care Items: soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toilet paper, and feminine hygiene products

📍 Donations can be placed in our community collection bins at:
• Safeway
• Save-On-Foods
• No Frills
• Co-op

🚫 Please note: We are unable to accept fresh or perishable food items. Donation bins are collected weekly.

Thank you for helping us care for our neighbours and strengthen our community, one donation at a time. 💛

06/17/2026

The Cochrane Food Bank Society is seeking passionate, community-minded individuals to join our Board of Directors.

As a registered charity, the Cochrane Food Bank is committed to supporting individuals and families experiencing food insecurity by providing access to nutritious food with dignity, compassion, and respect. Through the dedication of our staff, volunteers, donors, and community partners, we continue to serve those who need us most.

We are currently recruiting new board members who can bring professional expertise, strategic insight, and a commitment to community service. We are particularly interested in individuals with experience in:
• Community engagement and advocacy
• Legal and governance
• Financial management, accounting, or banking
• Executive leadership and organizational management
• Human resources or operational leadership

Why join our Board?

Serving on the Board of Directors is an opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact in our community. Board members help guide the organization's mission, provide governance and oversight, support long-term sustainability, and help ensure that essential food support remains available to those who need it.

As a board member, you will:
✔ Help shape the future of an essential community organization
✔ Support individuals and families facing food insecurity
✔ Contribute your professional skills toward meaningful social impact
✔ Work alongside dedicated volunteers and community leaders
✔ Strengthen compassion, resilience, and community connection in Cochrane

Board members are expected to attend monthly meetings, participate in committee work as appropriate, provide strategic oversight, and act as ambassadors for the organization within the community. Directors serve a minimum two-year term, with opportunities for renewal.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences who share our commitment to serving others and strengthening our community.

To learn more or express your interest, please contact:
📧 [email protected]

Together, we can help ensure no one in our community goes hungry.

06/15/2026

The Cochrane Food Bank is pleased to announce that we will be returning to our facility effective June 22, 2026.

Following our temporary relocation due to recent air quality concerns, we are excited to once again serve clients from our original location. While some services and operations will remain modified during this transition period, our team is working diligently to restore full operations as soon as possible.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our clients, volunteers, donors, community partners, and supporters for their patience, understanding, and encouragement throughout this challenging time. Your support has enabled us to continue providing essential food assistance to those in need.

We look forward to welcoming clients back to our facility and continuing to serve the Cochrane community.

06/10/2026

💛 Help Keep Our Shelves Stocked! 💛

As we continue supporting local individuals and families, we're currently running low on a few essential items and would greatly appreciate your help.

🛒 Most Needed Right Now:
🥣 Breakfast & Pantry Items: cereal, oatmeal, rice, canned salmon, and 1L juice
🍼 Baby & Child Needs: larger-size diapers and pull-ups
🧴 Everyday Essentials: soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toilet paper, and feminine hygiene products

📍 Donations can be dropped off at our community collection bins located at:
• Safeway
• Save-On-Foods
• No Frills
• Calgary Co-op

🚫 Please note that we are unable to accept fresh or perishable food items. Donation bins are collected and emptied weekly.

06/04/2026

💛 This Week's Most Needed Items 💛

🥣 Cereal, oatmeal, rice, canned salmon, 1L juice
🍼 Larger-size diapers & pull-ups
🧴 Soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toilet paper & feminine hygiene products

📍 Drop donations in our bins at Safeway, Save-On-Foods, No Frills, or Calgary Co-op.

🚫 Please note: We are unable to accept fresh or perishable items at this time.

Thank you, Cochrane, for helping support local families! 💚

06/03/2026

🛍️ We Need Your Reusable Bags! 🛍️

The Cochrane Food Bank is running very low on reusable shopping bags, and we need your help!

If you have extra reusable bags at home that you no longer use, please consider donating them. These bags help us when collecting and distributing food.

You can drop your bag donations into our donation bins located at:
✔️ Safeway
✔️ Save-On-Foods
✔️ No Frills
✔️ Calgary Co-op

Our volunteers will collect them from the bins regularly.

Thank you for helping us support our community and reduce waste at the same time! 💚

05/27/2026

Here’s what we’re most in need of this week:
🥣 Pantry Staples: cereal, oatmeal, rice, canned salmon, 1L juice
🍼 For Kids: larger-size diapers & pull-ups
🧴 Personal Care: soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toilet paper, feminine hygiene products

📍 Donation bins are located at:
Safeway • Save-On-Foods • No Frills • Calgary Co-op

🚫 Please note: we are unable to accept fresh or perishable items at this time. Donation bins are emptied weekly.

Thank you, Cochrane, for continuing to support your community 💛

05/26/2026

We would like to clarify some recent comments we have seen on social media.

The Cochrane Food Bank provides food support to individuals and families in need throughout our community. We provide food hampers by appointment, support local schools through our lunch and weekend bag programs, and offer other community support programs.

The “Food Sheds” in town is operated by another wonderful organization, Helping Hands, and are not affiliated with the Cochrane Food Bank.

While our main facility has been temporarily closed, we continue to serve clients from a temporary location and look forward to reopening soon.

If you or someone you know is in need of food support, please contact FCSS/FRN at 403-851-2250 to book an appointment.

To learn more about the Cochrane Food Bank and our programs, please visit our website at www.feedingcochrane.ca.

Thank you.

05/25/2026

We are incredibly grateful to Tim Hortons Cochrane and our amazing community for supporting the 2026 Smile Cookie campaign! 🍪❤️

Thank you to everyone who purchased a Smile Cookie and helped raise funds to support local individuals and families facing food insecurity. Your support truly makes a difference in our community! 💛

A huge THANK YOU to our Cochrane community! 🍪

This year, Cochrane Tim Hortons guests helped raise $27,486 for the Cochrane Food Bank through the sale of 13,743 Smile Cookies.

Every cookie purchased helped support local individuals and families facing food insecurity right here in our community.

Thank you to our guests, team members, volunteers, and community partners for helping make Smile Cookie 2026 such a success. Your support made a meaningful difference for our neighbours in need. ❤️

05/22/2026

Community Update – Cochrane Food Bank Society

Our main facility remains temporarily closed due to a health and safety concern.
The important part: we’re still here 💛
Food distribution continues from a temporary location, and clients are still being supported.
📞 To request a food hamper, please contact FCSS/FRN at 403-851-2250. See less