RIPTA Food Drive

Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
705 Elmwood Ave. Providence, RI 02907  401-781-9400
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The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) is partners with Whole Foods, Shore’s Market, and i Heart Radio for its Annual Stuff A Bus Food Drive to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.  The public is invited to help Stuff A Bus by donating nonperishable food items such as canned goods and boxed cereal. RIPTA will be collecting food at the following Whole Foods and Shore’s Market locations throughout the State.

Rhode Island Community Food Bank

logofoodbank200  Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI 02907  401.942.6325
Contact: Chief Executive Officer,  Andrew Schiff 
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Provides food to people in need and promotes long-term solutions to the problem of hunger. The Food Bank is an innovative leader in solving the problem of hunger. In partnership with member agencies, as well as government and community leaders, the Food Bank works to ensure that no one in Rhode Island goes hungry. They envision a day when everyone in Rhode Island has access to nutritious food through an efficient and sustainable acquisition and distribution network.

WPRI: Stats: Some families choosing between paying utilities, buying groceries

11/6/2015 – WPRI TV: The economy may be improving, but the need to feed struggling families continues to be high. The Rhode Island Community Food Bank distributes almost ten million pounds of food every year to families in need. Exclusive statistics obtained by Eyewitness News suggest that families often have to chose between paying their utilities or buying food, despite the fact that unemployment is improving in Rhode Island. More

1 of 52 Hunger Network

401. 368.1325
Contact:  Director, Steve Maciel
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Helps create food secure communities by uniting mass action through a simple grassroots network designed to maximize existing hunger agencies. They are a strength-in-numbers network of everyday people dedicated to ending hunger. Our members help bring mass support to existing hunger organizations. This is accomplished through a simple yet powerful grassroots method of organizing called The ‘1 of 52’ Hunger Network. ‘1 of 52’ Members take action in one week annually bringing ongoing, cumulative support to the solutions of creating food secure communities.

 

Feinstein Hunger Center for a Hunger Free America

201 Tyler Hall, Kingston RI 02881  401. 874.1000
Director, Kathleen Gorman, Ph.D., 
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An educational center committed to developing solutions to the problem of hunger in Rhode Island and nationwide. The center promotes education, research, and outreach on the causes and the consequences of hunger and the study of policies and programs aimed at alleviating hunger.