Bank R.I. stocks shelves at local food pantries

BANK RHODE ISLAND’s Turks Head branch in Providence collected food for the Providence In-Town Churches Association during the company’s seven-week food drive. From left: Shelby Pickering, teller, Bank Rhode Island; Trudy Rawles, teller supervisor, Bank Rhode Island; Sarah Clausius-Parks, Turks Head branch manager; Dwayne Keys, Turks Head branch assistant manager; Diana Burdett, executive director, Providence In-Town Churches Association; and Bara Dia, senior banking specialist, Bank Rhode Island.
BANK RHODE ISLAND’s Turks Head branch in Providence collected food for the Providence In-Town Churches Association during the company’s seven-week food drive. From left: Shelby Pickering, teller, Bank Rhode Island; Trudy Rawles, teller supervisor, Bank Rhode Island; Sarah Clausius-Parks, Turks Head branch manager; Dwayne Keys, Turks Head branch assistant manager; Diana Burdett, executive director, Providence In-Town Churches Association; and Bara Dia, senior banking specialist, Bank Rhode Island.

Bank Rhode Island recently donated more than 33,000 pounds of food for local food pantries through its statewide food-drive initiative held in late August through September.
Throughout the drive, each of Bank Rhode Island’s 18 branches partnered with a food pantry in its community to ensure that all of the food collected will remain local to feed area residents. In addition to the food collected at the branches, Bank Rhode Island awarded each pantry a financial grant that will help them acquire additional food to stock their shelves. Each benefiting food pantry is a member of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s network of emergency food programs.
“The success of this year’s food drive is a direct result of the generosity of our customers and colleagues who recognize the importance of helping others,” said Mark J. Meiklejohn, president and CEO of Bank Rhode Island. “Being able to help local pantries during a time when the need further increases will have a tremendous impact on thousands of local families. Food is the most basic of all needs – there’s no reason for anyone in our community to go without a nutritious meal.” •

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