The community is invited to join BankNewport and OceanPoint Insurance Agency (OPIA) this summer to show support to local pantries in their efforts to provide food to families and individuals in need.
Beginning Saturday, August 1 through Saturday, August 15, all BankNewport and OPIA locations will be accepting community donations of non-perishable food items, including hot and cold cereals, canned and dry fruits, rice, beans, canned vegetables and granola bars. Gluten-free options will also be accepted.
During the summer, when children are out of school an additional strain is created on the budgets of low-income families who are already struggling to make ends meet. It is also a challenging time for local pantries, many of whom experience a drop-off in food donations. BankNewport and OPIA seek to help restock pantry shelves throughout Bristol County, Newport County, and in West Bay communities. Donations gathered during the two-week collection period will benefit the following ten food pantries:
BankNewport Barrington branch (330 County Road) and OPIA Barrington office
(26 Bosworth Street) will collect food for Tap-In;
BankNewport Bristol branch (6 Gooding Avenue) and Warren branch (323 Market Street) will collect food for the East Bay Food Pantry;
BankNewport Coventry branch and OPIA Coventry office (730 Centre of New England Boulevard) will collect food for Coventry Friends of Human Services;
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BankNewport Cranston branch (875 Pontiac Avenue) will collect food for the Saint Vincent de Paul Emergency Food Center;
BankNewport East Greenwich branch (1000 Division Street) will collect food for the East Greenwich Interfaith Food Cupboard;
BankNewport Jamestown branch (31 Conanicus Avenue) will collect food for the Saint Mark Church Outreach program;
BankNewport Middletown branch (528 West Main Road), Newport branch (10 Washington Square), Portsmouth branch (2628 East Main Road), and OPIA Middletown (73 Valley Road) office will collect food for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.
BankNewport Narragansett Branch (90 Point Judith Road) will collect food for the Jonnycake Center of Peace Dale.
BankNewport Quonset branch (130 Gate Road, The Shops at Quonset Point) and North Kingstown branch (1350 Ten Rod Road) will collect food for the North Kingstown Food Pantry; and
BankNewport Tiverton branch (614 Main Road) and Stone Bridge branch (1740 Main Road) will collect food for the East Bay Community Action Program Tiverton Pantry.
BankNewport, founded in 1819 and currently holding $1.3 billion in assets, is an FDIC-insured savings bank and is a subsidiary of the Mutual Holding Company, OceanPoint Financial Partners, MHC. Along with its financial partner, OceanPoint Insurance Agency, Inc., BankNewport is proud to serve the financial needs of customers from banking and insurance offices located throughout southeastern New England.
Headquartered in Middletown, Rhode Island, OceanPoint Insurance Agency, Inc. provides a broad range of property casualty insurance products, in addition to a full array of financial services. Along with BankNewport, OceanPoint Insurance Agency, Inc. is a subsidiary of the Mutual Holding Company, OceanPoint Financial Partners, MHC. Tracing its roots back to 1863, OceanPoint Insurance Agency, Inc. is proud to serve the insurance needs of clients from three full service offices located in Coventry, Middletown and Barrington, Rhode Island, forming one of the largest independent insurance agency operations in southeastern New England.
