Tag: Rhode Island Community Food Bank
Federal COVID-19 SNAP emergency benefits set to expire, will affect 140K...
PROVIDENCE – Approximately 10% of the state’s population who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments will no longer receive COVID-19 emergency...
Rhode Island Community Food Bank receives $100K grant from Point32Health
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Community Food Bank received a $100,000 grant from the Point32Health Foundation to increase its capacity in response to a growing...
HELPERS HURTING: Nonprofits overwhelmed by needs and no end in sight
In nearly 15 years of working at poverty relief nonprofit Amos House, Jessica Salter has seen the toll that food and housing insecurity has...
Five Questions With: Andrew Schiff
Andrew Schiff is the CEO of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The food bank recently released its annual Status Report on Hunger in...
Narragansett Council Boy Scouts donates 150K pounds of food
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Council Boy Scouts of America collected more than 150,000 pounds of food across Rhode Island, Connecticut and southeastern Massachusetts during...
R.I. Foundation awards $8.3M to 91 nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded 91 nonprofit organizations a total of $8.3 million in grants to assist their efforts in housing,...
Centreville Bank donates $412K to organizations in R.I. and Conn.
WEST WARWICK – Centreville Bank through its charitable foundation recently donated $412,400 to 15 organizations in Rhode Island and Connecticut, according to a news...
R.I. Food Bank report: Hunger in state worse than during pandemic
PROVIDENCE – Food insecurity has gotten worse in Rhode Island this past year than it was during the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly due to inflation...
HarborOne donates $150,000 to local food pantries
PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Bank recently donated $150,000 to local food pantries and programs as part of its Harvest for Hunger program, according to a...
Soaring inflation hurting nonprofits in many ways
Ask Heather Hole Strout what keeps her up at night and she answers without hesitating. “Housing. It’s a big issue. Many we help have...
