Tag: Andrew Schiff
R.I. Food Bank names Cherney as new CEO
PROVIDENCE – The leader of North Dakota's largest hunger relief organization will head to the Ocean State to take the top role at the...
Washington Trust Peanut Butter Drive collects 4,710 jars for hunger relief
WESTERLY – The Washington Trust Co. collected 4,710 jars of peanut butter and more than $6,100 in monetary donations during its 25th annual Peanut Butter Drive earlier...
Five Questions With: Andrew Schiff
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank announced last month that Andrew Schiff will retire next year as CEO of the state’s largest food distribution...
R.I. Food Bank CEO Schiff to retire in 2025
PROVIDENCE – For close to two decades, Andrew Schiff has worked to help feed Rhode Islanders in need, especially when a global health pandemic brought such...
R.I. Food Bank distributes record amount of food in FY2024
PROVIDENCE – Last fiscal year saw record numbers of food distributed by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the need for food within...
Boy Scouts Narragansett Council collects more than 75 tons of food
PROVIDENCE – The Boy Scouts of America Narragansett Council collected more than 75 tons of food across Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut during the...
New R.I. food bank status report shows food insecurity has worsened
PROVIDENCE – With the COVID-19 pandemic fading in the rearview mirror, there was a belief that food insecurity would decrease with people returning to...
Food banks, pantries across R.I. report surging need
PROVIDENCE – At poverty relief organization Amos House, a busy month in the soup kitchen typically meant serving around 14,000 meals. And if the...
High food costs still difficult to digest in R.I.
The past few years have been especially hard for Rhode Island residents facing food insecurity. Within the Ocean State, 1 in 3 households cannot...
R.I. Food Hunger Survey: Food assistance, insecurity still problematic
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank, in partnership with the Brown University School of Public Health, recently released results of this year’s...
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