Emergency Food
RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
200 Niantic Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
Tel: (401) 942-MEAL (6325)
Fax: (401) 942-2EAT (2328)
Email:contactus@rifoodbank.org
http://www.rifoodbank.org
General Hours: Monday - Friday: 8am - 5pm
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank provides food to people in need and promotes long-term solutions to the problem of hunger. The Food Bank employs multiple programs to ensure that Rhode Islanders have access to the nutritious food they need. Their Neighborhood Pantry Express and Direct Delivery programs offer the ability to efficiently distribute healthy foods to high-need communities. The Neighborhood Pantry Express delivers Fresh Produce to areas of the state with the highest unmet need. The program is servicing high-need communities in:
Newport
Warwick
Westerly
Peace Dale
Providence
Woonsocket
The Neighborhood Pantry Express arrives fully loaded and utilizes a Farmers Market approach, which allows clients that have been referred by their respective member agencies to check in with the Rhode Island Community Food Bank staff on site. Volunteers from the member agencies participating in the program select from the fresh produce available, have it weighed and are on their way with 10-15 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to their perspective agencies. In addition, and based on availability, the Neighborhood Pantry Express also offers baked goods and other perishable food items from time to time.
The Food Bank has additional programs that are aimed at breaking the cycle of hunger. Their Community Kitchen program trains low-income or unemployed adults in food preparation skills, giving them the training, experience and confidence they need to attain gainful employment. While acquiring invaluable skills, students prepare meals for Kids Cafe - a program of Feeding America, the Nation's Food Bank Network. In Rhode Island, Kids Cafe serves wholesome evening meals to children at risk of hunger, supplementing the federal School Breakfast and School Lunch programs. Kids Cafe is currently feeding over 500 children at nine sites in Providence and Newport:
Providence
* Fox Point Boys & Girls Club
* Hartford Park Boys & Girls Club
* Boys & Girls Club of Providence at Chad Brown
* Sackett Street Recreational Center
* South Side Boys & Girls Club
* Wanskuck Boys & Girls Club
* Boys & Girls Club of Providence at Manton Heights
* West End Community Center
Newport
* Central Clubhouse of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County
* Park Holm Boys & Girls Club of Newport County
FEEDING AMERICA
National Office:
35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 2000
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: 800-771.2303
312-263-5626
Locate the Feeding America Food Bank that serves your local community. http://feedingamerica.org/
Feeding America is the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Our mission is to feed America's hungry through a nationwide network of member food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger. Each year, the Feeding America Network provides food to more than 37 million low-income people facing hunger in the United States, including more than 14 million children and nearly 3 million seniors.
Our network of more than 200 food banks serves all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, securing and distributing more than 2.5 billion pounds of food and grocery products annually. Those member food banks support approximately 61,000 local charitable agencies and 70,000 programs, which provide food directly to individuals and families in need.
RI DEPARTMENT OF ELDERLY AFFAIRS Department of Labor and Training 1511 Pontiac Ave Cranston, RI 02920 Tel: 401-462-8000 http://www.dea.ri.gov/
The Ocean State Senior Dining Program provides nutritionally balanced, hot lunches served five days a week at more than 75 meal sites for persons who are 60, older, or disabled. In the case of a married couple, one person must be 60 or older.
Seniors may donate to the cost of the meal, but no one is refused a meal if unable to contribute. Transportation to the nearest meal site is available. At least 24 hours notice is required for reservations.
To locate your local meal site, call:
Northwest Rhode Island: Blackstone Health/C.O.A.S.I
728-9290
East Bay, Bristol & Newport Counties: East Bay CAP
437-1000
Kent and Washington Counties: Westbay CAP
732-4660
Northern Rhode Island: Woonsocket Senior Svcs.
766-3734
Providence: Meals on Wheels of RI
351-6700
MEALS ON WHEELS OF RHODE ISLAND (MOW)
70 Bath Street
Providence, RI 02908
Tel: 401-351-6700 for information, or visit their web site www.rimeals.org.
This program provides delivery of a hot, nutritious noontime meal to frail, homebound seniors five days per week.)
To qualify, seniors must be 60 years or older, live alone and have no one to help them, and be unable to shop, cook, or drive. Persons with a disability who are under 60 may be eligible in certain circumstances. Donations for the meal are accepted.
The Poverello Center - Run by the St. Francis Chapel and City Ministry
668 Hartford Avenue,
Providence, RI 02909
Tel: 401-455-3740
The Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless
160 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-421-6458
Crossroads Rhode Island
60 Broad Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-521-2255
Comprehensive Community Action Program
311 Doric Avenue
Cranston, RI 02910
Tel: 401- 467-9610
Provides food assistance in their area Cranston and/ including residents of Coventry, Scituate and Foster.
More Resources - Websites
Eat Better Today and other Resources - www.eatbettertoday.com
Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free America - http://www.uri.edu/endhunger
