Tag: Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Lawsons donate $3M to Rhode Island Community Food Bank
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has received a $3 million donation from longtime philanthropic supporters Cathy and Thomas Lawson, the organization announced.
“Tom and...
BankNewport awards $480K to support more than 50 local nonprofits
NEWPORT – The BankNewport Charitable Foundation has awarded more than $480,000 in its latest round of community grants, directing funding to more than 50...
Rhode Island Community Food Bank delays release of its annual hunger...
In any other year, the data that informs an annual report released every Thanksgiving by the Rhode Island Community Food Bank would tell the...
Local banks step up to combat food insecurity during holiday season
PROVIDENCE – Money traditionally goes into banks, but in response to the fallout from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program crisis, local banks are putting...
Bank of America awards $50K to Rhode Island Community Food Bank
PROVIDENCE – Bank of America Corp. is providing a $50,000 grant to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank as part of an overall $240,000...
Unprecedented demand forces R.I. Community Food Bank to scale up operations
PROVIDENCE – While SNAP benefits ended on Nov. 1, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank was preparing to go into crisis management since early...
When the SNAP supply chain breaks, Rhode Islanders must become the...
Every month, about 140,000 Rhode Islanders depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed themselves and their families. That’s 86,000 households, including 23,000...
Agriculture is growing in Rhode Island
Farmers, food producers, lawmakers and community partners came together at Farm Fresh Rhode Island on Oct. 6 for the first annual RI Grown Day...
Five Questions With: Melissa S. Cherney
Melissa S. Cherney is the CEO of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Cherney began her new role in the Ocean State in August...
Five Questions with: Lisa Roth Blackman
Lisa Roth Blackman was recently hired by the Rhode Island Foundation as the nonprofit funder’s new vice president of development. She has nearly 30...
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