Category: Charlestown

Charlestown Community Garden

logofoodbankRhode Island Community Food Bank
200  Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI 02907  401.942.6325
Contact: Chief Executive Officer,  Andrew Schiff 
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100 Park Lane, Ninigret Park Charlestown, RI 02813
Coordinators: Susie Fehrmann and Steve Symonds (845) 559-4561 or (401) 742-7625 Email

In Charlestown, volunteers are doing their part to reduce these staggering numbers and create a healthier, hunger-free community by putting in some time at the Charlestown Community Garden. With the help of its new fiscal sponsor, the Jonnycake Center of Westerly, the efforts are paying off. The garden produced 6,062 pounds of produce in 2014, up from roughly 3,300 pounds the year before.

Located at Ninigret Park, the garden sits on a 15,000-square-foot parcel of land dedicated to growing a variety of crops such as kale, tomatoes and green beans. The garden was originally sponsored by the Town of Charlestown, but about a year ago the Southern Rhode Island Volunteers took over that role. Most recently, the Jonnycake Center of Westerly has assumed the sponsorship position, and both parties could not be happier with the arrangement.

RI Center Assisting Those In Need (RICAN)

805 and 2075 Alton Carolina Road   Charlestown, RI  02812  401.364.9412
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Provides a number of human services.  Food related programs include:
Community Food Pantry (Clients choose foods for their families. Health and hygiene items are also available), Emergency Food Delivery, Food Stamp Applications (On-site assistance is available on Wednesdays from the University of Rhode Island’s Feinstein’s Hunger Institute Outreach Workers.), Free Soup Kitchen / Community Dinner open to all,
Open to all and food baskets.

Rhode Island Center for Assisting Those in Need

805 Alton Carolina Rd, Charlestown, RI  02813 401. 364.9412
Contact: Executive Director/Founder, Deborah Nigrelli 
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Provides emergency food and outreach to thousands of at-risk neighbors in southern Rhode Island and surrounding communities. Our primary objective in breaking the cycle of poverty is to alleviate hunger and food insecurity. At the heart of this effort is our Food Rescue Program in collaboration with Walmart.