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National Hunger Hotline

hungerfreeamericaHunger Free America  50 Broad Street, Suite 1103 New York, NY 10004 (212) 825-0028
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Aims to put those in search of food in touch with private and government resources that can help provide it. The coast-to-coast initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, operates Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at (866) 348-6479 or (877) 842-6273.

According to the U.S.D.A. Hunger Clearinghouse, about one in eight Rhode Islanders and one in five Rhode Island children live in households that can’t always provide food.

The hotline staff puts callers in touch with emergency food providers in their community, government assistance, nutritional assistance programs, and other programs focused on promoting self-sufficiency, according to a press release from the clearinghouse. Such services include providing information about meal sites where children 18 years old and younger can get free meals through the U.S.D.A’s summer food program.

Nobody’s Just Hungry Community Resource Training Kit

Rhode Island Community Food Bank

This kit was designed to train and support agency member staff & volunteers on how to make quality referrals for their guests. With minimal training on these resources, your program will have the basic ability to assist your clients in those critical moments when their needs are immediate and pressing. Community Resource Coordinator Kristina Fox will provide on-site training to member agencies to show you how it’s done!  Website  Email

 

Northern RI Food Pantry

10 Nate Whipple Highway, Busch Annex  Cumberland, RI 02864  401.943.5673
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Provides high-quality foods and services to individuals and families in the Northern Rhode Island area to sustain and enrich our neighbors in need so they can become as self-sufficient as possible and to improve their quality of life. We are a member agency of the RI Community Food Bank. We are an all-volunteer, community-supported organization which offers a safe, respectful, welcoming, and compassionate environment to those we assist. Our pantry is considered an Emergency Food Pantry. That means it is not possible for us to provide all the food needed by those we serve, nor is that our intent. The food we provide is to supplement other sources of food, to help with short-term need and help insure an adequate, healthy diet for our visitors.