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The Dugout is a nondenominational charitable organization serving residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. We offer a community living room: a place where people can come to enjoy a free snack and a coffee away from the street or from the isolation that many in the neighbourhood experience.

Guru Nanak’s Free Kitchen was founded in 2006 by like-minded individuals who wanted to make a positive difference in the lives of residents from the Downtown EastSide Vancouver (DTES) and the Lower Mainland.

For the past few years, the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (DTES NH) has been intermittently providing nourishing meals to residents of CRAB Park, as well as Oppenheimer Park and several other spots throughout Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

We believe that everyone deserves access to food that enhances both their physical and mental wellbeing. Through our food-centered programming, we aspire to reform the nutritional impact, quality, abundance, and delivery of food in the DTES community.

As a free self-use space within the CDI, our neighbours can access fresh and shelf-stable items at no cost in a low-barrier space. It’s open to all who access the DTES NH’s programs – from the general public, to our families, children, and seniors.

In partnership with Atira & BC Housing, the Daily Meal Program is a cornerstone of our work. Preparing, cooking, packaging and delivering 1,000+ scratch-made meals to residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside 365 days a year is where we start with food security.

The Job Program offers on-the-job training and life skills support to Downtown Eastside residents who face employment barriers; The Community Meal Program provides free meals to a specific group of 100 residents struggling with physical, mental, and addiction health issues

Free drop-in meals served weekly at Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House (573 East Hastings Street). Please contact [email protected] for more information. Free drop-in meal and activities for caregivers and their children. Please contact [email protected] for more information. Fridays 9:00 - 11:30 am. Various programming for school-age children.

Every week, A Better Life Foundation invites neighbours from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community for a free, 3-course sit-down dinner in the iconic Save On Meats building. We call it Plenty of Plates (POP), a community meal hosted by volunteer teams who fund the event and prep, cook and serve 80 people a home-cooked, nutritious and ...