Media Contacts

Ravi Reetoo

Public Affairs Officer
Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
250 896-0493

Backgrounders

Cloverdale, community non-profits help with food security, shelter
  • Meals on Wheels/Mobile Meals – approximately 38,250 meals per year
    • helps seniors 70+ (75%), single parents (5%) and people with various types of illnesses (20%).
  • Fraser Valley Regional Food Bank – approximately 1,000 households registered
    • helps low-income families, seniors, single parents, the underhoused, refugees, immigrants and persons with disabilities.
  • Community Meals – approximately 20,000 meals per year
    • helps seniors, single parents, low-income families, persons with disabilities, underhoused and refugees/immigrants.
  • Cloverdale Christmas Hamper Program – helps approximately 600 families and 1,000 children per year
    • helps low-income families, persons with disabilities, underhoused and refugees/immigrants.
  • Extreme Weather Shelter
    • sleeps 25 persons per night for six months of the year.
    • helps the underhoused and those fleeing unsafe home-life situations.
  • Volunteers – approximately 1,150