{"id":602375,"date":"2026-04-14T01:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602375\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T01:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T01:11:11","slug":"surrey-food-bank-wants-you-to-fill-the-bay-at-new-community-event-may-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/602375\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrey Food Bank wants you to Fill the Bay at new community event May 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Surrey Food Bank wants you to Fill the Bay at new community event May 21<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 4:30 pm Monday, April 13, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Save the date of Thursday, May 21 to attend a new community event hosted by Surrey Food Bank at the charity\u2019s warehouse in Newton.<\/p>\n<p>Fill the Bay, hosted by Global BC\u2019s Mark Madryga alongside Howard Blank, will feature an afternoon of games, food trucks and more from 3 to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re especially excited to share that our signature event is coming home \u2014 and with it, a new name,\u201d food bank executive director Kim Savage reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat you\u2019ve known as Breakfast with the Bank is now called Fill the Bay. We\u2019ll be hosting it right here at the food bank: a little different, a little more hands-on, and a whole lot more connected to the work your support makes possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to bring the community together \u201cat a critical moment to stock shelves, build momentum and make sure families can count on food in the months ahead,\u201d says a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/surreyfoodbank.org\/fill-the-bay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">surreyfoodbank.org\/fill-the-bay<\/a>, where registration is appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStep inside the Surrey Food Bank and be part of a live, hands on moment where your contribution immediately supports families across Surrey and North Delta.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Event sponsors are sought for Fill the Bay, 13478 78 Ave., Surrey.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey Food Bank history dates back to 1981 when a coalition of churches opened a food cupboard in Surrey in response to an economic downturn. Two years later, the Surrey Food Bank Society was formed and opened in a small building on King George Highway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat began as a temporary solution has grown into a 23,000 square foot facility in Newton, three community depots, a fleet of vehicles, hundreds of volunteers, and a dedicated staff team,\u201d the website says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the Surrey Food Bank distributes food to approximately 1,200 families each week and supports schools, shelters, missions, and transition houses serving vulnerable populations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surrey Food Bank wants you to Fill the Bay at new community event May 21 Published 4:30 pm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-602375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}