Scouting for Food:
Look for your Door Hanger & Prepare Your Donation
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On Saturday, October 29, thousands of Boy Scouts from
across the state will be distributing door hangers to homes asking for
donations of healthy, non-perishable food. The Scouts will return the
following Saturday,
November 5 starting at 9 a.m to pick-up donations. We need your help to
ensure that we have healthy food for our neighbors in need this holiday
season. Please give generously!
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Food Bank’s Annual Meeting Recognizes
Leadership
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At this week's annual meeting, the Guy Abelson Leadership
Award was presented to Tyler Young of the Young Family Farm, our single
largest donor of fresh produce grown in Rhode Island. The Loni McGrath
Community Garden Award was given to member agency Looking Upwards Lake
House for creating a community garden to enrich the lives of adults with
developmental disabilities and children with special healthcare needs. In
addition, three new board members were elected.
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Ten Students Graduate Community Kitchen
Program
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Last week ten individuals earned their graduation
certificate from the Food Bank’s Community Kitchen program. Through the
14-week culinary job-training program for low-income or jobless adults,
students gain cooking skills and learn about food service as well as work
readiness skills to succeed on the job. Please join us in wishing the
graduates luck as they begin their careers in the food service and
hospitality industry!
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