Keyword: food bank
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The Rhode Island Community Food Bank sounded the alarm last week that because of a dramatic incraease in the number of people served monthly — 82,000 or a 50% increase from pre-pandemic levels … more
Three weeks remain for members of the community to take part in Bank Rhode Island's (BankRI) $10,000 matching gift challenge in support of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Donors can double the impact of their gift by donating to the Food Bank more
By JACOB MARROCCO U.S. Sen. Jack Reed stopped by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's Niantic Avenue headquarters Monday afternoon to announce $40 million in federal aid to help fight hunger and food inequality in the Ocean State. Reed said that the more
By PAM SCHIFF The motto of the Boy Scouts is to "e;be prepared."e; And while no one can be fully prepared for a pandemic, 11-year-old Cranston Scout Jack Caito found a way to still participate in the annual Scouting for Food drive this year. Jack is in the more
Although unable to hold its traditional late summer food drive in its 20 branches statewide, Bank Rhode Island (BankRI) is helping ensure their food pantry partners have resources to meet the increased need brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In more