Tag: Andrew Schiff
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...
Summer is here and vulnerable R.I.ers face serious food insecurity
It is a seeming contradiction that during the height of the growing season in Rhode Island, food scarcity is at its most acute.
The reason:...