Rhode Island Foundation Supports Trinity Rep

The missing ingredient…

is you!

When you donate to Trinity Rep between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, the Rhode Island Foundation will match it with a gift to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Show your support for both organizations by making a gift at trinityrep.com/give.

Trinity Rep and RI Community Food Bank Partnership Gets a Boost from Rhode Island Foundation

Since 2006, at the end of every performance of A Christmas Carol, the actor playing Ebenezer Scrooge steps forward and asks the audience to help support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. As they exit the theater, audience members have looked into their hearts and pockets and dropped coins, bills, and checks into the collection coffers. Last year, their donation totaled over $60,000 and in total, audience members have contributed over $665,000 to the Food Bank since the tradition began. As with most things in 2020, our partnership looks a little different this year. With the shift to producing the show online, we didn’t want to lose the opportunity to raise funds and awareness for this extraordinary organization that provides such critical support for our community. Thanks to the Rhode Island Foundation, we have a new way forward. The Rhode Island Foundation will be matching every gift made to Trinity Rep between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve with a grant to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, up to $60,000. Thanks to the generosity and leadership of the Rhode Island Foundation, Trinity Rep patrons can support two organizations at the same time! While contributions to Trinity Rep are always important, they are even more critical at this time when there is no ticket revenue. Likewise, demand for the Food Bank’s services are hitting unprecedented levels and their need is stronger than ever. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank has been distributing food to 68,000 struggling Rhode Islanders each month through a statewide network of 159 member agencies including food pantries, meal sites, shelters, emergency distribution programs and senior centers. This year, the Food Bank distributed 13.8 million pounds of food. The Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. For more information, visit www.rifoodbank.org.