About Us
The Nelson Food Cupboard Society is a non-profit organization whose mission is to:
Relieve poverty by operating a food bank for the benefit of the poor, and by providing programs and workshops designed to assist persons of low-income with issues such as cooking economically and making healthy food choices, and
Advance education by increasing public awareness of poverty, and the issues surrounding poverty.
Our Board of Directors include Tim Powell, Julia Bennett, Sandy Prentice, Phillip Jackson, Marilyn Lawrence and Yasmin Maliel. Our General Coordinator is Marya Skrypiczajko and our Front Line Coordinator and Supplies Manager is Jenny Erickson.
Our success is due to over 100 volunteers and to generous community businesses & individuals who donate food & money. We also acknowledge significant financial contributions from the Government of British Columbia, the Columbia Basin Trust, the Kootenay Coop Grocery Store, MAZON Canada, the Regional District of the Central Kootenay and the Osprey Community Foundation; and many local businesses such as Yellowseed Design and Hall Printing for their services.