Collaborative Community Drives were a Huge Success!

What began as an idea to hold a food drive at the police department last year has turned into a collaborative yearly effort that supports East Providence families during the Thanksgiving holiday. The month of November wrapped up the combined efforts held throughout the district that helped many local families. This year was the 2nd annual food drive partnership between the East Providence School Department, East Providence Police Department and the Hope and Faith Organization.

Approximately 185 Thanksgiving bags, complete with turkeys, desserts and all the fixings were distributed throughout the city. A HUGE THANK YOU to the East Providence Police Department who supported all aspects of the food drive by securing many turkey donations, collecting items at the police station, sending personnel to help transport items and delivering the bags to many East Providence families.

We could not do this without the support of our partners at Shaw’s and Stop and Shop in East Providence, Shaws in Riverside for their generous donations of turkeys, and Feed RI for their food donations. Additionally, we would like to thank Rob Levine and Associates who donated 40 plus Thanksgiving dinners to families, the Fonseca Family for their generous pie donation, and the schools in East Providence who hosted food drives. Thank you to the Hope and Faith Organization and the students who made Thanksgiving cards for the bags and their continuous support they provide to our students and families throughout the year. Shout out to the EP High School students who pack the bags and the East Providence Maintenance Department for delivering bags to schools as well as our school department faculty who help to contact families and distribute bags. Lastly, we APPRECIATE the many community members who dropped off items at the police station, schools or the administration building.

We CAN accomplish so much when we work together!