WHERE: BCIT Burnaby, Building SE2, Floor 2, 3700 Willingdon Ave
HOURS OF ACCESS: Subject to BCIT’s regular campus hours and holiday hours and closures.

This fridge located on BCIT’s Burnaby campus, on the 2nd floor of building SE2. Located next to the Elevator and BCITSA Food Pantry.

There are additional food supports for BCIT students, but this fridge is free and open to the whole community!

Hosted by BCIT and BCIT Student Association in partnership with Burnaby Primary Care Network

WHERE: SFU Burnaby, 8888 University Drive

• MBC, Floor 0/7000 level
• SUB, Bottom floor

HOURS OF ACCESS: Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. – 9 p.m., subject to SFU campus holiday hours and closures.

These fridges are on the bottom floors of Maggie Benston Centre and the Student Union Building. They are available available during regular opening hours at SFU Burnaby.

There are additional food supports for SFU students, but this fridge is free and open to the whole community!

These fridges are hosted by Simon Fraser Student Society, and co-sponsored by SFU’s Office of Community Engagement, Burnaby Neighbourhood House, SFU Ancillary Services, Food Mesh, and Embark Sustainability in partnership with Burnaby Primary Care Network.

WHERE: St. Stephen the Martyr, 9887 Cameron St
HOURS OF ACCESS: Every day, 24 hours/day

This fridge is located around the back side of the church at the rear door. Follow the one-way driveway around the left side of the church, past the day care centre, into the back parking lot.

This fridge was purchased brand new thanks to the generous sponsorship of Eternal Virtue, a charitable organization promoting food security across Canada.

This fridge is hosted by St. Stephen the Martyr Anglican Church and sponsored by Eternal Virtue in partnership with Burnaby Primary Care Network

WHERE: St. Timothy Anglican Church, 4550 Kitchener St
HOURS OF ACCESS: Every day, 24 hours/day

This fridge is plugged in at the southeast corner of the building, near the playground. You can also access the fridge via the alley south of the church.

The fridge shelter was decorated by youth at the Burnaby Youth Hub.

Hosted by St. Timothy Anglican Church in partnership with Burnaby Primary Care Network

WHERE: Tian-Jin Temple, 3426 Smith Avenue
HOURS OF ACCESS: Every day, 24 hours/day

This fridge is located in the alley along the south side of Tian-Jin Temple. The fridge shelter includes shelving for free pantry items.

The fridge shelter was decorated by the Tian-Jin Temple’s youth group.

Hosted by Tian-Jin Temple in partnership with Burnaby Primary Care Network

We do accept: 

• Fresh produce
• Dairy
• Bread
• Grab and Go Foods
• Pantry Items
• Prepared Meals (made in a commercial kitchen) 

We don’t accept:

• Expired Food 
• Rotting Food
• Home Cooked Food 
• Open Packages of Food 
• Leftovers
• Clothing or housewares

No. The fridges should be an act of intentional care and to provide access to safe and healthy food that would be found at a grocery store.

At this point we only accept food prepared in a licensed food grade kitchen and by cooks with food handling certificates. If your restaurant is preparing food it should be labelled with all ingredients, date made, and name of your establishment. Items should be packaged well and individually portioned.

The Fridges operate under the ‘take something, leave something’ philosophy where access to healthy food: meals, produce, protein, can be accessed, no questions asked. We will not police who is taking the food or how much. Some people have large families, or are helping to distribute to neighbours in need. There are many reasons why someone may need to access the fridge and they are all valid.

You could add items for the fridge to your grocery list, you could gather friends or neighbours to encourage participation in filling the fridge. You can share and promote the fridges on social media! If you are a business owner you could host a fridge! Get in touch to host a fridge!

For more information, please contact community@burnabydivision.ca.

Fridge hosts will sometimes take food out of the fridge to sort it and put it back out, or to redistribute across the fridge network. This happens when there is a large donation, the fridge is too crowded to operate properly, or it needs to be emptied for cleaning. Please give host staff and volunteers space to do this essential maintenance work.

We appreciate an advance warning before making a large drop-off as one single fridge host may not be able to accommodate the whole donation. Please get in touch directly with the fridge host before your visit via the contact details on their website, or contact the Burnaby PCN at community@burnabydivision.ca so we can help coordinate distribution across the fridge network.