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Ensuring Seniors Have Healthy Food
Twenty
percent of the people we serve are age 60 or older, so ensuring our
seniors have healthy food is a priority. Since 2015, the Food Bank has been
managing the USDA’s Commodity Supplemental Food Bank (CSFP) program in Rhode
Island. The goal of the program is to ensure that low-income seniors have
access to food that meets their nutritional needs and is easy-to-prepare.
Volunteers Needed to Harvest Produce
The Food Bank
supports a network of community gardens dedicated to growing fresh produce
for Rhode Islanders in need. Located in Charlestown, Cumberland, Smithfield
and Warren, the gardens need help weeding and harvesting vegetables. If
interested in helping with the harvest, please contact one of the garden
coordinators.
Watermelon Salsa Recipe
Our nutrition
education team visits our member agencies to teach clients how to make
healthy meals out of food pantry staples. Since watermelon is a summer
staple, they adapted a Watermelon Salsa recipe to share with all our
supporters.
© 2017 Rhode Island Community Food Bank
200 Niantic Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
Phone: (401) 942‑MEAL (6325)
Email: [contactus@rifoodbank.org]