WOONSOCKET – The Family Center at 719 Front St. has grown into the largest food distribution hub in northern Rhode Island, serving more than 250 families each week.

Student interventions transform the Front Street Family Center in Woonsocket, RI into a celebration of food, wellness, and community.

The number of Rhode Islanders who lack access to enough food has reached a five-year high; over a third of state residents are experiencing food insecurity, according to a recent report from the Brown University School of Public Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield Rhode Island. Local food banks across the state say they are […]

As CEO of the only food bank in North Dakota, Melissa Cherney handled complicated trucking logistics and fought for funding.

Melissa Cherney, a native of North Dakota who since 2019 led the North Plains Food Bank as its director, stopped in at Good Neighbors in Riverside during an introductory tour as the new CEO of the RI ...

PROVIDENCE – For decades children in Rhode Island have been driving the state’s diversity, yet children of color continue to face greater economic and health challenges, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT report...