Oilfields Food Bank

Name: Oilfields Food Bank
Address: 125 Royal Avenue N.W., Turner Valley, Alberta, T0L 2A0, Canada
Telephone: 403-612-1291

Serving Diamond Valley, Longview, Millarville, Priddis & surrounding area

Caring Sharing Community

Oilfields Food Bank

Serving Diamond Valley, Longview, Millarville, Priddis & surrounding area.

Caring Sharing Community

Oilfields Food Bank

Serving Diamond Valley, Longview, Millarville, Priddis & surrounding area.

Caring Sharing Community

WE NEED EVERYTHING!

CONDIMENTS of all kinds
Mayonnaise & salad dressing
Cooking sauces

BAKING SUPPLIES
Chipits & vanilla
Baking powder & baking soda

Flour & sugar
Muffin, cake & cookie mixes

OTHER
1L Juices
Peanut butter & Jam
Cookies & Crackers
Canned Soups
Honey
Baked beans
Tinned fruit
Tinned chicken, ham, turkey, spam

PERSONAL ITEMS
Body wash
Feminine Hygiene Products
Diapers size 5 &6 & pullups

Visit our Donations page for drop-off information.

Food Banks As A Lifeline.

Canada’s New Normal. HungerCount 2025.

Every March food banks all over Canada record their statistics & submit them to Food Banks Canada to compile a snapshot of our nation-wide hunger. Sadly, monthly visits have doubled since 2019 – hitting close to 2.2 million visits in March alone.

Across Alberta: March 2025 – 127 Food Banks Reporting

Total Visits 210,541
Total Visits (Child) 75,968

Who Are We Feeding?

70.5% are renting accommodation
31.8% are on social assistance or disability-related supports
30.8% are working income households
37.6% are single-person households
31.7% are two-parent families
36.2% are children

Reducing food insecurity must be Alberta’s priority.

OFB Christmas Hamper

Again this year we’re offering hampers that contain all the fixin’s for 3 meals on Christmas Day.

You may submit your request using the link on the Need A Hamper webpage or by phoning 403-612-1291. Please apply sooner than later so we get an idea of how many we’ll be preparing.

Pick up day is Friday December 19th. It will be a drive thru event as in prior years and you’ll be contacted with your pick-up time closer to the date.

INTERESTED IN DONATING TO THE CHRISTMAS HAMPERS?

We would certainly appreciate it. If you’re planning on collecting food donations/gift cards/gas cards please drop them off by December 9^th for inclusion in the Holiday Hampers.

We are also accepting small unopened items for the ”Last Minute Gift Table” such as toiletries, warm socks, bubble bath & soaps & stocking stuffers. Check out our website donation page for more ways to give.

Our volunteers acknowledge your support, generosity & kindness. We are grateful to each and every one of you & we applaud our caring, sharing community!

FIREFIGHTER DOOR-TO-DOOR COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE

Wednesday November 19 – Diamond Valley West (T.V.) and the Village of Longview

Thursday November 20 – Diamond Valley East (B.D.)

They will head out about 5:30pm & wind it down around 9.

We need EVERYTHING, even Kraft Dinner.

MOST NEEDED ITEMS:

1L Juices
Peanut butter & jam
Crackers & cookies
Canned soup, chilli & stew
Canned chicken, ham, turkey & spam
Flour & Sugar
Muffin, cake & cookie mixes
Coffee & tea
Condiments of all kinds: mayo, salad dressing etc.
Baking supplies of all kinds: chipits, vanilla, nuts etc.
Personal Items: body wash, shampoo, feminine hygiene products, diapers size 5,6 & pullups

We are tremendously grateful for every item. Your strong, steadfast community support has meant EVERY person who walks through our door leaves with ample nutritious food to meet their needs.

If you’ll be away you may leave your bag by the front door & they’ll pick it up. Please check the ‘best before date’ which will save our volunteers a lot of time. Firefighters will happily accept a cheque made out to Oilfields Food Bank.

LAST MINUTE GIFT TABLE

After folks pick up their Christmas Hamper they are invited to shop at our Last-Minute Gift Table. If you would like to donate small, unopened items like bubble bath, soap, socks, stocking stuffers or more they will be appreciated.

THANK YOU FIREFIGHTERS & EMERGENCY RESPONDERS!

The Diamond Valley United Church is again offering free winter clothing for anyone in need in our community.

Visit the Jacket Racket page for all the details including how you can donate.

Thank You To All Our Supporters

Square Butte Ladies Food Donation

The Square Butte Ladies donated 68.5 kgs of food. These ladies are a solid example of folks coming together to strengthen their community year after year. THANK YOU!

Community & Backyard Gardeners

A big shout out to our friends at the Community Garden for their donations over the course of the gardening season. We kept track and they dropped off 78kg/172lbs of fresh locally grown nutritious produce…our families loved it!
THANK YOU.

Backyard gardeners are awesome. Many individuals harvest their gardens and bring extra produce to us. We are so very grateful to you. And every year Wayne Stieger brings us bags of his home-grown potatoes.
Thank you Wayne.

Plains Midstream Donation

Tim Dennis of Plains Midstream stopped by and presented us with a cheque for $892. All of our volunteers including Dar (pictured) are thankful for our longtime supporters.

We’re busier than we want to be. Strong community support means we are able to feed everyone who comes through the door.

THANK YOU.

Diamond Valley Car Club Support

Chris Challice and the Diamond Valley Car Club show their unwavering support for our community by kindly donating $500 from their 3rd Annual Show and Shine.

With Thanksgiving Hampers just around the corner we cannot express our appreciation enough – this is definately a time of need for the Food Bank.
Your commintment to our community is truly inspiring.

Priddis Green Community Association Donation

Priddis Green Community Association donated 308kgs/680lbs of food and cash of $450.00.

That is so awesome.
Thanks to Kim Trottier and everyone at PGCA for this support.

Foothills Regional Victim Services Donation

Oilfields food bank was unexpectedly surprised when Jeff Follett of the Foothills Regional Victim Services arrived with a $10,000.00 donation.

As a small rural food bank this overwhelming generous gift makes a world of difference touching the lives and hearts of our growing community. The heart felt donation will aid our “back to school” program which will support families with school age children at this expensive and challenging time of year.

2024 Firefighters Food Drive – Thank you!

A big thank you to the firefighters, volunteers and everyone who donated and reached out to feed friends, neighbours and folks they don’t even know who are struggling to put food on the table.

Here is a picture from Tuesday evening’s food round up!

Our final tally:

Monies collected: $8,811.95

6,541.50 kgs of food with an inventory value of $35,978.25

Want to help feed your neighbours?

Food donations can be dropped off every Tuesday from 11-3pm.

Cash donations may be made online at
oilfieldsfoodbank.com or drop by on a Tuesday from 11-3 or pop a cheque in the mail to:
Oilfields Food Bank,
Box 1318,
Diamond Valley, AB T0L 2A0