While for the most part our traditional canteen truck runs, directly serving our homeless brothers and sisters in need, has been suspended during the Covid 19 epidemic, we still put donations and grant funds to very good use. Our twelve member churches have been meeting the need in a host of other ways. Here is a summary of what we have been up to in the past ten months:
Vehicle Runs LFRI Twelve Member churches, with the help of many loyal volunteers, have conducted 150 drop delivery vehicle runs. This includes homeless shelters, soup kitchens and schools in Providence, Woonsocket and East Providence; providing food, clothing and other essentials for distribution to their clients. This includes the following:
Adopt a School Program 26 of above runs were to middle schools in the East Providence area, providing food, clothing and books for needy school children.
Back Packs for the needy. Over 500 back packs containing food and other essentials were included.
Youth Center Deliveries. 8 Friday summer volunteer family lunch deliveries were made to youth centers in Providence.
Soups for the needy. In 13 of the above runs, we delivered 806 4lb frozen soup bags to some 10 homeless shelters and soup kitchens in Providence.
The above deliveries were made possible by the donations and grant funds we received. If you would like to support our continuation of the above efforts, please consider a donation to our non-profit 50(c)(3) Loaves & Fishes Rhode Island. You can do so via PayPal on this website or by mail, checks made out to LFRI, to LFRI 1520 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02905, attention Bill Aldrich.
Many thanks and God Bless.
