Tag: Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Six years in, RIF innovation fellows’ impact unclear as they fight...
Six years ago, the Rhode Island Foundation announced it was accepting applications for something called an innovation fellowship. The program, funded by local philanthropists...
R.I. Community Food Bank: Hunger in R.I. on the rise
PROVIDENCE – The prevalence of hunger is at a 10-year high in Rhode Island, according to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s 2017 Status...
Rewards help get best out of staff
Blount Fine Foods employees last month rang in National Pizza and Beer Day with a pizza and root beer party at their Fall River...
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...
Bequests to family members favored over nonprofits in R.I. estate plans
Losing Joyce, his wife of 25 years, to ovarian cancer in 2007 reignited Ed C. Jankowski’s relationship with the Catholic Church, specifically St. Joseph’s...
Rhode Islanders come to aid of Hurricane Harvey victims
PROVIDENCE – In the wake of what some are calling a storm for the ages, Rhode Islanders are banding together to aid those who...
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:...
Samuel Howard
Samuel Howard has been hired as communications coordinator for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. He previously served as marketing and social media coordinator...
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