Food Bank CEO Melissa Cherney addressed a standing-room-only crowd at the State House for our annual Food Insecurity Awareness Day. Policymakers, advocates, and community members gathered for the release of our 2025 Status Report to demonstrate their support for bringing Rhode Island closer to a hunger-free future.
“Hunger has gotten worse over the last five years,” Cherney said. “Today’s event is a call for collective action by all Rhode Islanders.”
In his FY27 budget proposal, Governor Dan McKee included a $2 million allocation for the Food Bank. But with 1 in 3 Rhode Island households experiencing food insecurity, Senator Tiara Mack and Representative Scott Slater submitted bills to increase the Food Bank’s allocation to $3 million.
To read the legislation, and find out how you can support it, click the link below.
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