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Food Pantry Donations Needed! 

Over 30 percent more individuals and families are turning to EBCAP and its three food pantries to help cope with the economic downturn and the resulting personal budget pressures. As a result of increased demand, the food pantries have issued a call for donations of non-perishable food items in order to better serve its clients.

Food pantries are located in East Providence, Tiverton and Newport serving all 10 east bay communities. Donations may be brought to the sites during the food pantry’s hours of operation. (See schedule below).

EBCAP food pantry staff suggests that when you are shopping, pick up an extra can or two of soup, jar of peanut butter, can of tuna, and box of pasta, and bring it to the food pantry nearest you.

Local organizations such as Sing Out Against Hunger have been major supporters of the Food Pantry in Tiverton. Recently the East Providence Reporter newspaper helped collect food items for the EBCAP food pantry in East Providence at two circus events. Students at East Providence High School also helped out the East Providence food pantry with a large donation of bags filled with food items, delivered by Assistant School Superintendent Edward Daft.

But more help is still needed, and that’s where individuals and families can bring in a bag of food to one of the food pantries.

With winter on the way, many families will be hard-pressed to find money in their budgets to heat their home and put food on the table. The services of EBCAP’s food pantries will be needed in a big way throughout the east bay.

Food pantries and their hours are:

East Providence, 100 Bullocks Point Ave.: Monday through Friday from 9 am to 12 noon. Call 437-0006, ext. 140.

Tiverton, 1048 Stafford Rd.: Monday and Friday from 9 am to 2 pm. Call 625-5134.

Newport, 19 Broadway: Mondays and Wednesday, 9 am to 2 pm; Tuesdays, 9 am to 2 pm and 4 to 6:30 pm. Call 847-7821, ext. 212.