qUEST: THE PRICE IS RIGHT Surrey Now- April 29, 2008 Synopsis: Opening Wednesday, store offers affordable food for those who need it.  Link to full article. qUEST FOR fOOD Vancouver Courier- March 14, 2008 Synopsis: Quest rescues high quality food to stock two remarkable grocery stores catering to Vancouver's poor. Link to full article. This Quest aims to share the region's edible wealth Business in Vancouver- December 18-24, 2007 Synopsis: Growing Vancouver food exchange distrubtes donated food to the disadvantaged. Quest society creates grocery stores for the needy Vancouver Courier - November 30, 2007 Synopsis: Low-income shoppers can now buy inexpensive food at two Quest Food Exchange grocery stores. Link to full article. You Don't Have to Be Rich To Make a Difference Macleans - October 15, 2007 Synopsis: Quest Food Exchange is to be featured in "Conversations with Canadians: Philanthropic success stories," a report put out by Imagine Canada, a national charitable organization that researches and promotes the non-profit sector.  Link to full article. Quest Food Exchange gets $1M boost cbc.ca - November 23, 2006 Synopsis: A non-profit group that rescues edible food from the garbage and gets it to hungry people across the Lower Mainland has won the annual $1-million Vancity award. Link to full article. GOURMENT CHEF TURNS FREEBIES INFO MEALS

Globe and Mail - September 14, 2006 Synopsis: Quest Food Exchange adds new operation to address hunger in Lower Mainland: a commercial kitchen under the direction of a red seal gourmet chef. Link to full article.

 

Quest wants to be a millionaire

Vancouver Courier - August 2nd, 2006 Synopsis: Quest Food Exchange a finalist for Vancity's $1 million award.

FOOD PROGRAM GETS ENVIRO NOD

Burnaby Now - July 8, 2006 Synopsis: Burnaby's Charlford House, a 15-bed recovery facility for women, is a beneficiary of Quest Outreach Society. Quest has been recognized for its work with a silver medal in the Canadian Environmental Awards.

DESPITE FOOD BANK'S SUCCESS, 'THOUSANDS' STILL GO HUNGRY

Vancouver Sun - June 17, 2006 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society, a runaway success story that feeds people in need with food diverted from landfills, has been placed on the short list for a $1 million award from Vancity. Link to full article.

FOOD EXCHANGE GROUP NOMINATED FOR AWARD

Dose - May 11, 2006 Synopsis: Local food exchange group, Quest Outreach Society, has been nominated for a 2006 Canadian Environmental Award. Link to full article

QUEST OUTREACH SOCIETY FOOD-RECOVERY PROGRAM

Canadian Geographic - April 2006 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society is helping to put meals on tables for over 45,000 hungry people per month in the Lower Mainland. They're also contributing to the ecological sustainability of the Lower Mainland by saving 37 tonnes of surplus food from winding up in local landfills. Link to full article.

Little garden that could all grown up

The Vancouver Courier - July 6, 2005 Synopsis: The Strathcona Community Garden recently won the mayor's environmental award for a new composting project. The garden currently takes six tonnes of food waste per week from Quest Outreach and turns it into compost.

'RESCUED' FOOD IN CHURCH BASEMENT FEEDING THE NEEDY

WestEnder - December 2003 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society provides coffee and breakfast at St. James Church in the Downtown Eastside.

'RESCUED' FOOD IN CHURCH BASEMENT FEEDING THE NEEDY

North Shore News - August 17, 2003 Synopsis: With the help of a $97,000 donation from CKNW, Quest will launch their own processing plant so they can salvage perishable food. Quest held an open house to celebrate and show off some of their new equipment.

KIDS SHOULDN'T GO HUNGRY

Breebop - June 25, 2003 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society has launched the "Rescue Food and Feed a Child" campaign. It's a simple plea for people with surplus food in their fridges and cupboards to call Quest and donate it. Quest is opening a food processing plant that will enable them to can and dehydrate the perishable food they receive so they can store it year-round.

THE CONSCIENTIOUS KITCHEN

Sounds Like Canada, CBC Radio One - June 18 2003 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society will collect and compost waste from The Conscientious Kitchen.

Peanut butter and jam to the rescue

The Peak issue 11, vol. 110 - March 25, 2002 Synopsis: The Vancouver and SFU chapters of Hillel, a Jewish student association, coordinated a PB & J marathon. Student assembled and delivered 1,500 peanut butter and jam sandwiches to a number of outreach programs, including Quest Outreach Society. Link to full article.

RAY CAM EMBARKS ON FOOD QUEST

The Vancouver Courier - March 2002 Synopsis: After the Greater Vancouver Food Bank stopped servicing the Ray Cam Co-operative Centre, Quest Outreach Society has stepped in to supply enough food to feed 80 families, seniors and disabled singles.

STUDENTS TEAM UP FOR INNER CITY SERVICE PROJECT

UBC Reports - February 21, 2002 Synopsis: UBC students took 11 students from the University of Guelph to the Downtown Eastside as part of a 5-day pilot project designed to help students from various disciplines see past the "inner city" stereotypes. Students helped overhaul the Strathcona Community Gardens compost system so that it could accommodate waste materials from the Quest Outreach Society, a large food redistribution organization. Link to full article.

indy race is an opportunity for the whole city to eat well

The Vancouver Sun - August 29, 2001 Synopsis: Leftover food from the Molson Indy Vancouver will be redistributed to the needy, thanks to the efforts of Mary-Lin and Peter Murphy, chefs for Newman Haas Racing. Many of the thousands of kilograms of catered food prepared for the event will be saved and redistributed to those in need by Quest Outreach Society. Available on Proquest, search term "Quest Outreach".

TURNING GARBAGE INTO GOURMENT

BCTV News - June 8 2000 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The Society helps feed more than 5,000 people on the Downtown Eastside every month.

HILLED FEEDS HOMELESS

The Ubyssey Magazine - March 10, 2000 Synopsis: Hillel House hosted a "PB Jam", an event that had UBC students making 500 peanut butter and jam sandwiches to help feed the homeless. Buns Master Bakery and Safeway donated the sandwich materials, and Quest Outreach Society distributed the sandwiches to the homeless.

HARVEST OF HOPE CAMPAIGN - "FEEDING HUNGRY PEOPLE"

The VCC Community Internet Newsletter Synopsis: Vancouver Community College is helping Quest Outreach Society to provide food hampers to the many families in need this Thanksgiving season.

BARE SHELVES FOR EASTER: CALL TO HELP FEED 5,000

West End Times - March 19, 1999 Synopsis: Line-ups at food banks, meal kitchens and emergency services are growing, with more seniors, families and street youths than ever before. Quest Outreach Society reports that the shelves are bare this Easter.

Street Kids Short on Nutritious Food

The Province - February 16, 1998 Synopsis: The food bank doesn't have enough bags of food to give out to the many street youth who are unable to buy adequate nutrition for themselves. Available on Proquest, search term "Quest Outreach".

QUEST SCRAMBLES TO FEED HUNGRY

The Kitsilano News - August 24, 1994 Synopsis: The Vancouver Food Bank has cancelled many of its services, with the result that Quest Outreach Society now has to cope with an increase from 250 to 400 people to feed. There has been a significant increase in families using their services.

WEST ENDER LANDS HELPING HAND AT EASTER

The WestEnder - April 1994 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society and the West Ender's Helping Hand Fund are joining together to provide a holiday turkey dinner and food hampers for several hundred needy people.

LINES GROWING AT LOCAL FOOD BANKS AND MEALS PROGRAMS

The Kitsilano News - December 15, 1993 Synopsis: Quest Outreach Society reported a significant increase in the number of meals they need to supply, an increase due partly to social assistance cutbacks in Alberta and Manitoba. Quest and the Kitsilano News/West Ender are joining together to provide a turkey dinner for 700 people and are asking for donations.