Food bank receives TD grant

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank Association is one of several east coast food banks to receive funds through a TD Charitable Founding grant this year.
The TD Charitable Foundation, the charity arm of TD Bank, recently donated $750,000 to food pantries from Maine To Florida, according to a Dec. 15 press release, which the bank estimates will reach more than 46 million people.
More than 25 million working Americans use food pantry services, according to a Feeding America report, and nearly three-fifths seek food assistance on a monthly basis.
“There are thousands of working Americans who can’t afford to pay their rent and buy groceries, so they forfeit food,” said Elizabeth K. Warn, president of the TD Charitable Foundation and senior vice president of community relations for TD Bank. “The Foundation believes that it is our responsibility to support our communities, especially in times of need, so our partnership with food pantries across our footprint is extremely important.”
Food bank recipients were in other states along the east including, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and Washington, D.C., according to the release.

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