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Price-Rite, Feed the Children Donate Food, Supplies to 400 Families

[CREDIT: Price Rite] Four-hundred local families will receive a 25-pound box of food; a 15-pound box of essentials provided by Price Rite Marketplace; and two backpacks filled with school supplies. The items were collected May 28 at the Warwick Price Rite.
[CREDIT: Price Rite] Volunteers helped organize food, essential and school supply donations to 400 local families provided by Price Rite Marketplace; May 28 at the Warwick Price Rite.
[CREDIT: Price Rite] Volunteers helped organize food, essential and school supply donations to 400 local families organized by Price Rite Marketplace, Feed the Children, Conagra and Legacy Church RI May 28 at the Warwick Price Rite.

WARWICK, RI — Price Rite Marketplace teamed up with anti-hunger organization Feed the Children, Conagra packaged foods and Legacy Church RI to distribute food and essentials to 400 local families May 28.

The event was hosted by Price Rite at its Warwick store, 101 Hallene Road, to help meet an extraordinary increase in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Each family, pre-identified based on need by Legacy Church RI, received a 25-pound box of food; 15-pound box of essentials including shampoo, conditioner, lotion and personal-care items; a bag of additional fresh produce and shelf-stable items; and two backpacks filled with school supplies for the upcoming school year.

[CREDIT: Price Rite] Four-hundred local families will receive a 25-pound box of food; a 15-pound box of essentials provided by Price Rite Marketplace; and two backpacks filled with school supplies. The items were collected May 28 at the Warwick Price Rite.
[CREDIT: Price Rite] Four-hundred local families will receive a 25-pound box of food; a 15-pound box of essentials provided by Price Rite Marketplace; and two backpacks filled with school supplies. The items were collected May 28 at the Warwick Price Rite.

 

Rob Borkowski
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Rob has worked as reporter and editor for several publications, including The Kent County Daily Times and Coventry Courier, before working for Gatehouse in MA then moving home with Patch Media. Now he's publisher and editor of WarwickPost.com. Contact him at editor@warwickpost.com with tips, press releases, advertising inquiries, and concerns.

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