Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Thank You For Halloween Parade Food Donations

The EG Interfaith Food Cupboard expresses gratitude for the town's "Helping Halloween" event.

To those who participated in the EG Halloween Parade and Party, On behalf of the East Greenwich Interfaith Food Cupboard, we want to thank everyone so much for the donation of food from the annual Town Halloween Parade and Party. Making this a "Helping Halloween Event" was a terrific idea and the food cupboard was delighted to receive close to 150 items that had been collected.  The Food Cupboard is located at St Luke's Church in East Greenwich and we are open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:30 to noon. Members of our community who are in need of food can come in and choose from a variety of tasty and nutritious items. Our goal is to always have the pantry shelves well stocked so a food drive such as the Halloween collection helps …

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Big Stop & Shop Donation To Interfaith Food Cupboard

Cash gift supplements store's ongoing food collection

Paula Fernandes, store manager at the Frenchtown Road Stop & Shop says her associates deserve the credit for the $4,240 check she recently presented to Chris and Steve Bartlett for the East Greenwich Interfaith Food Cupboard. Stop & Shop keeps a box for food donations prominently displayed year-round and during October and November also invites customers to make a cash donation. Sixty percent of the money collected goes to the local food cupboard and the rest to the Rhode Island Food Bank. During the Christmas season Stop & Shop added what they call a Charity Box program. Customers donated enough money for just over 100 of the boxes, which were all filled with identical food items and given to the Food Cupboard. Bartlett says that in …

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Community Reaches Out To Those In Need In Time For Holidays

Among the offerings is a free meal tonight at Christ Community Kitchen, a monthly meal program at St. Luke's.

This time of year, many people are overwhelmed just thinking about how to serve or buy for their own families but some in town are focusing their efforts outward - to the residents who are in need. The town’s Department of Human Services served a big holiday dinner for seniors last Thursday at the Swift Community Center and is now taking sign ups for the Christmas meal. That deadline is Dec. 7 and the dinner is on Dec. 15. No sign up is needed at the St. Luke's Church on Pierce Street where Christ’s Community Kitchen will be open at 5 p.m. tonight. On the menu will be a Thanksgiving-themed Turkey Tetrazzini. All are welcome to enjoy a meal in a community setting. There is a free-will offering asked for those who can give. Next month, the …

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