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The Gourmet Warehouse has partnered with Vancouver Firefighter Charities to help raise funds for the Firefighter's Snacks for Kids Program.  The popular specialty food and housewares store is featuring a limited-edition Spanish olive oil and donating $4 from the sale of each bottle to support Snacks for Kids, which provides healthy snacks and take-home groceries...

VANCOUVER FIREFIGHTER CHARITIES TO HOST CITY-WIDE WILDFIRE RELIEF FUNDRAISER ON AUGUST 19 Off-duty firefighters to raise money for Canadian Red Cross B.C. Fires Appeal during one-day Boot Drive at Vancouver SkyTrain stations Vancouver Firefighter Charities (VFC) will do its part to support wildfire relief efforts in British Columbia this month by hosting a city-wide Boot Drive fundraiser...

To support local businesses and in-need families, Vancouver Firefighter Charities has purchased over $45,000 in toys that will be donated in time for the 2020 Holiday Season to families through our community partners. This year, we believe the community needs to come together more than ever. For many, the Holiday season won't be like previous years....

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, off-duty Vancouver Firefighters representing Vancouver Firefighter Charities delivered over 200 meals to Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation. To date, Vancouver Firefighters have delivered over 1,000 meals to community organizations supporting citizens in need. The generosity of Glowbal Restaurant Group supports this action by unselfishly providing meals from their Georgia Street Kitchen. [video width="848" height="480"...

  Vancouver Firefighter Charities would like to take a moment to thank all our city's heroes; the doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and first responders; the tireless frontline workers and everyone that supports them from the custodial staff and administrators to 911 operators; the child-care providers, teachers, grocery workers and their suppliers; our diligent media agencies, financial...

On Saturday, March 28th, 2020, off-duty Firefighters from Vancouver Firefighter Charities, delivered over 200 meals to Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver. The generosity of the Glowbal Restaurant Group, Bosa Properties, Beedie Group and Omni Group made this delivery possible. Vancouver Firefighter Charities recently donated $24,000 to Ronald McDonald House through our Fire in Your Kitchen Program....

Rocky Mountain Chocolate’s President Brian Kerzner and VP Tammi Kerzner oversee the distribution of more than $500,000 worth of handcrafted chocolates and confections to local charities, frontline healthcare workers, food banks, nursing homes and community groups across Canada.  Volunteer Vancouver Firefighters packed and delivered over $15,000 worth of Easter treats to at-risk kids from their ...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Vancouver, off-duty firefighters of Vancouver Firefighter Charities has been supporting its community through a variety of creative avenues. The timing of the COVID-19 pandemic could not have been any worse for Vancouver's most marginalized populations. Fear and uncertainty sparked many people to rush to supermarkets and purchase as...

On November 7th,  Fire Fighters sold umbrellas at Canada Line Skytrain stations in downtown Vancouver to support our Snacks for Kids Program which provides healthy food to over 2000 hungry children in 40 schools across Vancouver....

The Vancouver Firefighter Charity is s serving up some Christmas spirit! In partnership with renowned Canadian chef David Hawksworth, VFC delivered a gourmet turkey dinner with all the fixings to at risk kids from Streetfront Alternative Middle School. To top it off, Santa showed up with gifts purchased through Vancouver Firefighter payroll deductions and charitable...