Tag: Andrew Schiff
R.I. Community Food Bank awarded $11K BlueAngel Community Health Grant
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has received an $11,000 2019 BlueAngel Community Health Grant from Blue Cross & Blue Shield of...
Each year Rhode Islanders face the ever-present need for food, clothing...
On a rainy, mid-November morning, five longtime volunteers sorted donations at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank headquarters in Providence.
Aged 68 to 84 and...
Nonprofits helping keep charity alive
Rhode Island is annually at or near the bottom of state rankings measuring charity, especially when it comes to volunteering.
Such rankings, however, do not...
Food bank not sure it can handle expected federal surplus
The federal government plans to spend up to $1.2 billion purchasing food produced by U.S. farmers negatively impacted by retaliatory tariffs initiated in response...
Truck Stop fundraiser nets $150K for food bank
PROVIDENCE - More than 600 people purchased tickets to taste the fares of 23 local food truck vendors on Friday, April 27 at the...
Rhode Island Community Food Bank launches campaign with Walmart, Feeding America
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Community Food Bank is partnering up with Walmart and Feeding America for the annual “Fight Hunger. Spark Change,” according...
RIF donates $100K to R.I. Food Bank
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded the Rhode Island Community Food Bank a $100,000 donation to tackle the growing hunger crisis in...
Boy Scout food drive collects 215K lbs. of canned goods
PROVIDENCE - The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America collected 215,000 pounds of food in its 30th annual “Scouting for Food Good Turn” food...
Nonprofits not worried about giving fatigue after storms
In the span of roughly four weeks, the southern coast of the United States and the island of Puerto Rico were ravaged by multiple...
Despite nearly 300 corporate donors, R.I.’s food bank waging uphill battle
Every Monday and Thursday Julie Guerin travels the 2 miles from her home in Cumberland to the 65-acre Historic Metcalf-Franklin Farm, where she helps...