Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank

Link to Nanaimo’s free food market schedule:

https://www.vifoodbank.org/nanaimo-individuals

7-10 Club Society

(250-797-0531)
Daily bagged lunch 7 days a week are distributed by partner agencies in Nanaimo. Bagged lunches can also be accessed at the Shower Program in Caledonia Park from 8:30am to 9:30am, Monday to Friday.

Harvest Church (formerly Maranatha Church)

6553 Portsmouth Road (250-390-2152)
Doors open at 4:30pm every Sunday afternoon with hot and cold refreshments and healthy snacks followed by a meal served at 5:00pm (closed for July and August). Guests are asked to please enter from the back of the building.

Selby Mission

315 Fitzwilliam Street, St. Andrew’s Church (250-753-3446)

Provides free lunch every Thursday from 12 pm to 2 pm.

St Paul’s Anglican Church

100 Chapel Street (250-753-9393)
Lunch provided by Nanaimo Foodshare every Monday between 12-1pm.

Nutritious lunches are available to community members from all walks of life. Meals are served and prepared by members of Nanaimo Foodshare employment programs. Community members joining us for lunch are welcome to line up at St Paul’s lower-level door across from Studio N/A. Donations are appreciated but not required.

Lunch provided at 12:30pm every Sunday

Free hot home-cooked meal to members of the community. Join us for fellowship and healthy food. All are welcome. Enter the church hall from Chapel Street.

Snuneymuxw Hulit Lelum Health Centre

250-714-8792 (Lea-Lah) or 250-714-9993 (Lance)

Free hot meals weekly on Tuesdays at 1 Port Drive beside the bus stop from 11am to 3pm. Snack pack distributed twice a week.

ICCS/NFLA- Drop-In Hub

(9:00 AM–4:00 PM), the Drop-In Hub offers:

• Light meals, hygiene supplies, and clothing donations
• Weather-related supplies
• A safe space to rest
• Access to health services, housing resources, and service providers

During the evening (5:00 PM–8:00 AM) from January through September, the overnight shelter provides:

• Cots and blankets for overnight stays
• Two light meals
• Access to outreach workers for housing and support connections

Address: 55 Victoria Road, Nanaimo (Entrance Off Nicol Street)
Phone: 778-441-5444

Email: [email protected]

Rise Bridge Warming Centre- Drop-in Resource Connection

Offers snacks, coffee, clothing, laundry, washroom, computer/printer access, access to resources, support workers. 

Access to free community closet.

520 Prideaux Street

Tuesdays and Fridays 9am-12pm

[email protected]

https://www.risebridgeproject.ca/communitymorning

Shower program- City of Nanaimo/NFLA

110 Wall Street, Caledonia Park (250-754-3720)
Free showers available Monday to Friday from 7am to 12pm. Towels and toiletries are supplied along with snacks and lunches.

For more information please email: [email protected]

Salvation Army Community Ministry Office:

Loaves and Fishes Free Food Market

Fridays 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm 505 – Eighth Street, Nanaimo

Please have photo ID and a bag to take your items home in.

Emergency Pet Food

Emergency access to free dog and cat food.

Mon-Thurs 9am-1pm

505 Eighth Street, Nanaimo

250-753-8834

Voucher Program

For those in emergency need of clothing and small household items please come into the Community Ministry Office and speak to Marie, Yvonne or Thomas.