Can we tolerate 1 out of 8 Rhode Islanders not having enough food?
It's time to Hunger Down!
Rhode Island Community Food Bank, Eat, Drink Rhode Island
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Now in it’s fifth year, the Eat Drink RI Festival is expanding to be an even bigger, better and more delicious showcase of the culinary world in Rhode Island. On Friday evening, it’s the return of the Truck Stop to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank at the The Alex and Ani City Center. Last Festival’s Truck Stop raised over $110,000 for the RI Food Bank. The always sold-out event showcases the excellence and variety of Rhode Island’s mobile restaurants while benefiting an organization dedicated to ending hunger.
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
200 Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI 02907 401.942.6325
Contact: Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Schiff
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All are welcome at this festive food drive! Bring donations of non-perishable food, tour the Food Bank (with a special “Seek and Find” picture game for the kids!) and sample recipes from our Community Cooking program. Enjoy live music by the VoX: Voices of Christmass, teen singer/songwriter Emeline Easton and the Wheeler School Jazz Ensemble. Kids get to try out sorting fresh produce for food pantries and participate in a nutrition project . Download Flyer
200 Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI 02907 401.942.6325
Contact: Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Schiff
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Thousands of Boy Scouts will pick up donations of nutritional non-perishable foods from homes across the state to be delivered to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank The Food Bank’s most needed items include canned soup, tuna, canned meats, peanut butter and nuts; canned fruits and vegetables, dried fruit and tomato sauce; breakfast cereals; whole wheat pasta and rice; granola bars and other healthy snacks; and canned or dried beans.
Pawtucket Red Sox (w/Citizens Bank and Cox Communications)
1 Ben Mondor Way Pawtucket, RI 02860 401.724.7300
President: Steinberg, Dr. Charles
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Donate three healthy, non-perishable food items and you’ll receive an autographed action photo of a PawSox player. Every time a PawSox pitcher strikes out a batter, the Citizens Bank Foundation donates $75 to the Food Bank.
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
200 Niantic Avenue, Providence, RI 02907 401.942.6325
Contact: Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Schiff
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Date: September 23, 2016
Enjoy local pottery and food at this casual family-friendly event. Choose a handmade artisan bowl. Taste samples of soup, bread and dessert from local restaurants. Keep your bowl as a reminder that your support helps fill all the empty bowls in our community.
1 of 52 Hunger Network
401. 368.1325
Contact: Director, Steve Maciel
Concert Director: Mark Sven Oltedale
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Annual concert raises food, money and awareness for hunger relief in Rhode Island. The 2016 concert will take place at the Contemporary Theatre Company in South Kingstown on the outdoor patio. Facebook