BankNewport Delivers 500+ Food Items to Support RI Veterans through Operation Stand Down RI
From left to right: Meredith Cropper, AVP/Community Relations Manager, BankNewport; Enrica Sabino, VP/Branch Manager, Johnston, BankNewport; Patrick Camp, Senior Employment and Training Case Manager, Operation Stand Down; Robert Abbruzzese, Senior Supportive Services for Veterans and Families Case Manager, Operation Stand Down; Dalton Laccaillade, Employment and Training Case Manager, Operation Stand Down; Sarah Peasley, VP/Branch Manager, Warwick, BankNewport; Timothy Ruel, Chief of Veteran Outreach, Employment and Training Program Manager, Operation Stand Down.
BankNewport Delivers more than 500 Food Items to Support Rhode Island Veterans through “Kind Souls, Full Bowls” Initiative
BankNewport recently concluded its Kind Souls, Full Bowls comfort food collection drive, delivering more than 500 nonperishable food items to Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI) on Wednesday, November 5. The donations, collected from the Bank’s 19 branch locations statewide between September 29 and October 17, will help stock OSDRI’s food pantry and provide support to local veterans and their families throughout the holiday season.
The initiative encouraged customers, employees, and community members to contribute new, unopened boxes and bags of pasta, rice, cereal, and oatmeal. The response was overwhelmingly positive, reflecting the community’s strong commitment to supporting those who have served our country.
“At BankNewport, we’re always looking for meaningful ways to give back to the communities we serve,” said Jack Murphy, President & CEO of BankNewport. “Through Kind Souls, Full Bowls, our employees and customers came together to support veterans who have given so much for our country. It’s a small act that represents the big heart of our Rhode Island community.”
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Johnston, Operation Stand Down Rhode Island is the state’s primary nonprofit resource for homeless and at-risk veterans, offering housing, employment, legal, and basic needs assistance.
“Partnerships like this are critical in helping us meet the growing demand for food and household essentials among local veterans,” said Timothy Ruel, Chief of Veteran Outreach, OSDRI. “We’re incredibly thankful to BankNewport and its customers for standing with Rhode Island’s veteran community.”
Since 2016, BankNewport’s Kind Heart and Kind Souls campaigns have collectively provided thousands of essential items — including food, clothing, bedding, and hygiene products — to Rhode Islanders in need.
About Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI):
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI) is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and Rhode Island’s primary nonprofit resource for homeless and at-risk veterans. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Johnston, OSDRI’s mission is to strengthen the veteran community by providing crucial wrap-around services.
Ending the cycle of veteran homelessness, and preventing it, requires much more than providing a roof over the head of an individual veteran or veteran family. To achieve this goal, OSDRI offers a wide range of life-changing services including supportive permanent and transitional housing, legal and VA Benefit representation, intensive case management, basic human needs assistance (for example, food and clothing) and employment training programs.
OSDRI works hand in hand with almost every major state and federal agency, as well as community organizations and employers to provide seamless referrals to outside sources of assistance. For more information, please visit: About Us - OSDRI.
About BankNewport:
Founded in 1819 and headquartered in Newport, BankNewport offers a full suite of loan and deposit products and services for families and businesses throughout Rhode Island. BankNewport is one of the oldest banks in the United States and, as a mutual organization, is committed to the financial success of its customers, employees, and the community for 206 years. BankNewport has nineteen branch locations, a community lending center in Central Falls, and a commercial lending office in Providence. OceanPoint Marine Lending, a business line of BankNewport, specializes in consumer marine and recreational vehicle financing programs.
Through its All In Giving program, BankNewport is committed to supporting nonprofits with areas of impact focused on basic human needs, children and families, education, economic security, healthy lives, arts and culture, and the environment. BankNewport has awarded over $7.7 million in grants, sponsorships, and donations over the past five years to a wide range of nonprofits to help strengthen and enrich lives and communities throughout Rhode Island. Financial education and community service performed by employees totals 10,000 hours annually. For more information, please visit www.BankNewport.com.
The initiative encouraged customers, employees, and community members to contribute new, unopened boxes and bags of pasta, rice, cereal, and oatmeal. The response was overwhelmingly positive, reflecting the community’s strong commitment to supporting those who have served our country.
“At BankNewport, we’re always looking for meaningful ways to give back to the communities we serve,” said Jack Murphy, President & CEO of BankNewport. “Through Kind Souls, Full Bowls, our employees and customers came together to support veterans who have given so much for our country. It’s a small act that represents the big heart of our Rhode Island community.”
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Johnston, Operation Stand Down Rhode Island is the state’s primary nonprofit resource for homeless and at-risk veterans, offering housing, employment, legal, and basic needs assistance.
“Partnerships like this are critical in helping us meet the growing demand for food and household essentials among local veterans,” said Timothy Ruel, Chief of Veteran Outreach, OSDRI. “We’re incredibly thankful to BankNewport and its customers for standing with Rhode Island’s veteran community.”
Since 2016, BankNewport’s Kind Heart and Kind Souls campaigns have collectively provided thousands of essential items — including food, clothing, bedding, and hygiene products — to Rhode Islanders in need.
About Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI):
Operation Stand Down Rhode Island (OSDRI) is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and Rhode Island’s primary nonprofit resource for homeless and at-risk veterans. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Johnston, OSDRI’s mission is to strengthen the veteran community by providing crucial wrap-around services.
Ending the cycle of veteran homelessness, and preventing it, requires much more than providing a roof over the head of an individual veteran or veteran family. To achieve this goal, OSDRI offers a wide range of life-changing services including supportive permanent and transitional housing, legal and VA Benefit representation, intensive case management, basic human needs assistance (for example, food and clothing) and employment training programs.
OSDRI works hand in hand with almost every major state and federal agency, as well as community organizations and employers to provide seamless referrals to outside sources of assistance. For more information, please visit: About Us - OSDRI.
About BankNewport:
Founded in 1819 and headquartered in Newport, BankNewport offers a full suite of loan and deposit products and services for families and businesses throughout Rhode Island. BankNewport is one of the oldest banks in the United States and, as a mutual organization, is committed to the financial success of its customers, employees, and the community for 206 years. BankNewport has nineteen branch locations, a community lending center in Central Falls, and a commercial lending office in Providence. OceanPoint Marine Lending, a business line of BankNewport, specializes in consumer marine and recreational vehicle financing programs.
Through its All In Giving program, BankNewport is committed to supporting nonprofits with areas of impact focused on basic human needs, children and families, education, economic security, healthy lives, arts and culture, and the environment. BankNewport has awarded over $7.7 million in grants, sponsorships, and donations over the past five years to a wide range of nonprofits to help strengthen and enrich lives and communities throughout Rhode Island. Financial education and community service performed by employees totals 10,000 hours annually. For more information, please visit www.BankNewport.com.
