Community Fridge Program News Today

Walmart has awarded a $20,000 grant to Penn State Health to combat food insecurity among people in downtown Harrisburg.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The library trustees are considering a community refrigerator program pending city approval.   Community Fridge Program organizers Sarah Defusco and Isabel...

Waterville Rotary awards 8 food insecurity grants Share Waterville Rotary Club recently took $15,000 from reserves to offer grants addressing area food insecurity. The Community Services Committee, chaired by KVCAP’s Michele Prince, was charged with developing grant criteria, an application and scoring process for the committee members to fairly evaluate the applications. The maximum possible allotment was $3,000 per application, and the request needed to be submitted by a 501c3. Because of t...

April 7, 2021 In hopes of addressing food insecurity in the greater Waterville area, the Rotary Club of Waterville recently voted to take $15K out of their reserves in order to help fund local organizations. The club decided to go with a mini grant program allowing a request of up to $3K, to help as many people as possible. Eight organizations were chosen. According to the Rotary Club of Waterville website the following organizations were recommended and then ratified by the Rotary board: Cent...