Coronavirus and the Food Bank:
How Can You
Help?
Thank you to everyone who has reached out to ask how they can support
the Rhode Island Community Food Bank during the Coronavirus public
health crisis. We appreciate your caring and concern for our
neighbors in need.
In response to the crisis, the Food Bank has made some adjustments to
our operations, but we continue to deliver food through our statewide
network of member agencies.
For the safety of our staff and volunteers, we have canceled
volunteer shifts for the next 2 weeks. Staff members have been
reassigned to sort and pack food in small groups to ensure that we
can maintain food distribution.
Our top priority is to ensure that our network of pantries remains
strong and able to distribute healthy, nutritious food to those who need
it most. The ability of our member agencies to continue to
serve guests will change as this crisis develops, so we are regularly
updating the Agency List on the Find Food
page of our website.
The best way you can help support this critical work right now is to make a
financial donation to the Food Bank. We
anticipate an increase in need as many people find themselves out of
work and the economy worsens. Every donation will ensure that we can
maintain our operations well into the future while continuing to
acquire and distribute healthy food to some of the most vulnerable
populations, including children and seniors.
Again, thank you for your continued dedication and commitment to our
work to ensure that no one goes hungry during this crisis. It’s
especially heartening to be reminded that we are all in this
together.
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