We would like to thank: Blackville RCMP for coordinating the food drive, community members who supported the effort. The Miramichi River Valley Thrift Store for their donation. Miramichi Kin Center Miramichi Roots to Table Security Network Regional Community Capacity and Resilency Committee MAZON for their generous donation.
We would like to thank everyone for their support and donations to our food bank this month and upcoming months.
We would like to thank those that have sponsored us for our trip to Edmonton, AB for this years FBC – National Conference
Kin Center Be Alive Horizon FBC Andrew DeRoche Wesleyan Church-Nelson Lois Vickers Diane Jukes Dr. Zigante Lyttletown Pentecostal Church Daniel Smezok Metepenagiag Foodbank
Harvest House MEMA Denise Brophy David Delano Lorne Campbell Arden Sturgeon Huestis Insurance – Blackville Thomas Sturgeon Blackville Credit Union Timmy Vickers Blackville Foodland
Thank you FBC for 2022 Capacity Boost Grant Food Rescue Program: To improve our system capacity to expand our perishable food recovery programs with the ultimate goal of increasing the amount of perishable food we are able to accept from recovery partners and thereby increase the amount of food made available to food insecure households in our community and Miramichi.
Thank you TELUS for the generous grant to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables for our clients. Our foodbank clients have received donations of fresh fruit and vegetables on a monthly basis. We have also provided fresh fruit and vegetables to the Salvation Army in Miramichi and Housing Solutions Miramichi who are working with the homeless population.
Thank you: We would like to thank the Rotary Club of Chatham for their generous donation. This will go towards the installation of our propane stove so that we are more efficient in serving hot meals to 260 plus seniors a week.
Thank You: Thank you to Employment and Social Development Canada (”ESDC”) for establishing a COVID-19 Emergency Community Support Fund and having chosen the United Way Centraide Network to administer these funds in local communities such as the Greater Blackville Resource Center. With these funds GBRC will be implementing a meal program for seniors, were we will be providing a nutritional home-made meal for pick up or delivery 3 times a week for 12 weeks.
– Emergency Community Support Fund (United Way Moncton) – Mazon Canada for accepting our grant. – Loblaws Atlantic Superstore Miramichi – Loblaws Blackville Foodland – Community Food Center – Kinsmen Center – Sussex Sharing Club – Second Harvest/Food Rescue – Angels to Angels – Sobeys Food Rescue – Huestis Insurance Group for their financial support. – Blackville Village Office for Gift cards to Blackville Food Land. – United Way for their financial support. – Roussel Toyota for their Financial Donation – Erik Walls for the donation of potatoes. – FDA for all the work they are doing on our behalf. – McCains, JD Irving and McKenna Foundation for their donations and financial support. – NB Children’s Foundation for their financial support – Stanley Mutual Insurance for their donation. Thank you to our essential workers for all they are doing.
Thank you Angels to Angels for your generous support.
Thank you to Connors Stilwell for financially sponsoring our attendance to the Food Banks Canada National conference in Halifax.
Thank you to Hershey and Food Banks Canada for providing GBRC with funding to implement the Food Explorer Program, an education and skills-building program for children.
Rev. Albertine Le Blanc; Founder and President of the GBRC would like to say “Thank You” for supporting your local Food Bank through the giving of your time, food donations and financial support.
The Blackville Fire Department 50/50 draw in December 2018.
Local community for donations of non perishable food items.
Thank you to all of our volunteers who give endlessly of their time to serve others.
GBRC volunteers who manage the thrift store and food bank.
2022/23 Board of Directors
GBRC is run by a board of directors and a small group of dedicated volunteers. Founder & President: Rev. Albertine Le Blanc Co-Founder: John LeBlanc Vice President: Treasurer: Lois Hare Secretary: Denise Connors Directors: Fr. Gerry Laskey
A special Thank You to our faithful volunteers past and present:
Sandra Cooper Lorraine Cortes Doris Coughlan Lou Curtis Matthew Downey Elizabeth Keenan Brett Jardine Darlene Jardine Myrna Jardine Silas Jardine Chelsey Le Blanc Siobhan Laskey
Ken MacIntosh Gail Mullin Lori Peterson Penny Siddall Doreen Stewart David Nordin Joy Nordin Lorraine Underhill Stacy Underhill David Vickers Lois Vickers Roland Walls
GBRC Volunteer Christmas Party
Individuals:
Ken & Judy Barker Brent Bishop B. Brophy Murdock Burns Leonard Byrenton Christian Connors Begton Coughlan Linda Coughlan Joan Coughlan Margaret Craig David DeRoche Brad Donovan Mrs. Erdie Eldon & Vera Gillespie
Bobby Hallihan Lois Hare Evelyn Hartling Colleen Hallihan Robert G. Hallihan Connie Hambrook David Hambrook Sterling Hambrook Mayor, Andrew Hawks Chester Jablonski Daphne Jardine David Jardine Geraldine Kennedy Ted Lynch
Mike McLaughlin Curtis McCully Anne-Marie O’Hearn Lacey LeBlanc Nancy Stephens P. Stephens Myles Sullivan Richard Sullivan Myles Sullivan Zachary Taylor Diana Underhill Sally Underhill Shirley Underhill Sharon Wilson
Businesses :
A.C.W. Blackville Credit Union Day Donations Blackville Credit Union Blackville Home Hardware Blackville High School Students Blackville RCMP Blackville Teachers Blackville Village Office Blackville Seniors Blackville Women’s Institute Bell Aliant Compass Group Canada, Bayer Inc. & Food Banks Canada for Community Garden Grant
Connors Stilwell Derby Parish Senior Citizens Food Banks Canada Georgina Foundation Kraft Foundation Capacity Building Grant Kraft Heinz Foundation Knights of Columbus NBAFB – Food Director – Greg Doucet Oromocto Food Bank Periwinkle Daycare
RCL Branch 49 Roussel Toyota Telus Towne Mazda Trio Pizza Food Drive Valufoods 50/50 Draw Walmart Capacity Boost Grant Girlguides participating in our Food Explorer Program Walmart Foundation Alcohol Foundation Sobeys
Churches
Derby United Church
Hillside Baptist Church, Blackville
Holy Trinity Anglican Church Women, Blackville
St. Agnes Anglican Church, Gray Rapids
St. Andrew’s United Church of Canada, Blackville
St. Raphael’s Roman Catholic Church, Blackville
Upper Blackville United Baptist Church
Voice of Hope Ministries Inc.
Community Garden
We would like to thank Food Banks Canada, Compass Group Canada and Bayer Inc. for supporting our Community Garden.
We would also like to thank all the volunteers that helped make the community garden happen:
Ashley Underhill for top soil, Hughie Hallihan for gravel, Byron John Connors for manure, Martin Arbeau for driving the tractor, John LeBlanc for lending his tractor, Karen and Paul Arbeau for hauling peat moss from town, driving tractor, assembling boxes and filling boxes with everything and Greg Doucette for building, assembling and filling the boxes, lending truck to haul the gravel and driving the tractor.
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Thank you Kraft Heinz Foundation and Food Banks Canada for making the Crock Pot Classes possible.
Thank You FBC and Walmart for the Capacity Building grant allowing us to purchase a van for food recovery.
