NORTH KINGSTOWN – The eighth annual Fill-A-Bus Food Drive collected more than 25,000 pounds of food to benefit food pantries in Rhode Island, Ocean State Job Lot announced Monday.
The food drive raised more than 8,000 pounds in 2018.
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The food drive was conducted by OSJL in collaboration with the R.I. Public Transit Authority and iHeart Radio. Customers filled RIPTA buses in Cranston, Coventry and North Kingstown with nonperishable food items. Collections were also taken at all OSJL locations in the state.
“Fill-A-Bus is one of our most successful fundraising initiatives each year,” said David Sarlitto, executive director of the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation, in a statement. “We are blown away by the generosity of those who donated this year and are very appreciative of all the great work that our community partners do to address the hunger crisis in Rhode Island day in and day out.”
The primary beneficiaries of the food drive were Operation Stand Down Rhode Island, which provides food to local veterans, and We Share Hope, a food bank based in Warren. Other food pantries also benefited from the food drive.
