Food Bank

To access the AMS Food Bank, you must be a UBC student with a valid student ID and completed intake survey. Simply bring your ID and proof of intake survey completion when you visit the Food Bank. 

The AMS Food Bank is only available to UBC students (undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral fellows, affiliated, unclassified, etc.) and UBC-affiliated students from Regent College, St. Mark’s College, and the Vancouver School of Theology. If you are not eligible, you can find other community food resources here.

A new intake survey is required each fiscal year, starting in May. To continue accessing the Food Bank, you must complete the updated survey each May.
Click here to fill the intake survey.

Once you have reached your limit of 16 visits in a term, you will no longer be able to access the AMS Food Bank for that term, but you will be welcome back in the next term. We encourage you to explore other on-campus and community resources listed here

You can find our full Food Bank policies on the AMS website:
https://www.ams.ubc.ca/support-services/student-services/food-bank/ 

The Food Bank is open on Mondays and Thursdays from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM. We are open year-round, except statutory holidays, during the winter break, and for the first two weeks of May. Closure notices are posted monthly by the Food Bank door. 

Explore additional resources at:  
Community resources in Vancouver
UBC Food security resources

Yes! You can authorize a third party to pick up food on your behalf. Just let us know their names during your visit, and we’ll add them to your account. They must bring valid photo ID when collecting food and show us a photo or online version of your Student ID.  

 Our staple items are subject to change and availability but typically include rice, pasta, eggs, milk, yogurt, canned beans, canned tuna, tofu, and a rotating selection of fruits and vegetables. 

Items with a Best Before date may lose freshness but are still safe to consume. Items with an Expiry date should not be consumed after the date listed. At the Food Bank, we will never distribute anything that is ‘Expired’, as it means that the product is no longer safe to eat.  Our team inspects every donated item when they are received to ensure they are safe for you; we use Food Banks BC guidelines about how to read ‘Best Before’ dates for each type of food product. If you have any questions about any of the food items you see, please don’t hesitate to ask. 

You can donate non-perishable items through our donation slot outside Room 023 in the Life Building basement, accessible whenever the building is open. To donate perishable items, large quantities of food, or make a monetary donation, please email the Food Bank Coordinator at foodbank@ams.ubc.ca to arrange a drop-off time. 

Click here to learn more about donations.