Tag: Feeding America
R.I. Food Bank to use $500K grant to support WEHDC’s Sankofa...
CANDACE HARPER is executive director of the West Elmwood Housing Development Corp., which has partnered with the Rhode Island Community Food Bank on 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 Bank receives $500K grant to address racial disparities in...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank recently received a $500,000 grant from Feeding America’s Food Security Equity Impact Fund to help address...
Citizens Bank donates more than $1M to Feeding America
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank is once again teaming up with Feeding America and has donated more than $1 million to the organization, according to...
Feeding America CEO to share leadership insights during April 13 Business...
Former Walmart executive Claire Babineaux-Fontenot — now CEO of the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization and second largest U.S. charity — will share her...
U.S. food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – United States food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge...
Citizens Bank donates $1 million to Feeding America
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank has joined forces with Feeding America for the third consecutive year, donating $1 million to efforts to fight hunger, according...
STARVING FOR HELP: Needy flock to R.I.’s overwhelmed food pantries
IT'S COMMON for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center Executive Director Heather Hole Strout to see adults and the elderly seeking food at...
Citizens donates $1M to Feeding America, announces partnership
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. donated $1 million to Feeding America, a national hunger-relief organization, the bank announced Tuesday, and joined the nonprofit...
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...
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