Senior Centers | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
MLK Jr. Community Center is a nonprofit service provider for at-risk individuals, families and seniors. Hunger Services On Site Food Pantry - providing non-perishable food, frozen meat, fresh produce, bread and household and personal care items to our Newport County residents. All clients are eligible to shop once per month. Mobile Food Pantry - visits neighborhoods across Newport County each month on a rotating schedule. Food 2 Friends - monthly food delivery service to home-bound neighbors and people unable to come to the on-site food pantry. Contact Jose Ramos at 401-846-4828 x 207 to get an application form. Breakfast Program - Mon-Fri 7:30 - 9:00. Serve a hot breakfast to eat in or take out. Enter through the Edward Street Entrance. Lunch Program - Tues, Thurs and Fri 11:30 - 1:00. First come first served. Tues & Thurs they provide soups. Fri (except MLK Friends' Lunch Friday) is a take-away lunch. Enter through the Edward Street Entrance. Produce to the People - year round program offering free fresh produce to Newport Co. residents, Thurs 10-1. First come, first served. Enter through the Edward Street entrance. June - September also at: Oxbow Farms, Tues 11-1, 80 Rogers Lane in Middletown and at Chapel Terrace, Fri 11 -1, 19 Chapel Street in Newport. Holiday & Thanksgiving Food Program and Children's Holiday Gifts - register beginning late September. If you have children, you can also register for Santa's Workshop. Emergency Overnight Warming Center - Jan - Mar, nightly from 7 PM - 7 AM. Use the Edward Street Entrance only. For transportation, call the RIO Team at 401-846-1213 x 1 Community Programs include nutrition counseling, cooking demonstrations, fitness classes and health screenings. A Senior Lunch & Learn is held the 1st and 3rd Weds each month, 12:00 - 1:15 and include a healthy lunch and featured activities and presentations. Education Programs for Children include Preschool, After School Academy and Summer Adventure Camp.
Physical Address
20 Marcus Wheatland Boulevard, Newport, RI 02840
Hours
Office: Mon-Fri 10:00AM-4:00PM Food Pantry: Mon and Fri 10:00AM-2:00PM, Wed 10:00AM-2:00PM and 4:00PM-6:30PM The First Saturday of the Month 10:00AM-12:00PM Soup Kitchen: Mon-Fri 7:30AM-8:30AM Mobile Food Pantry Hours: Rotates throughout the month Daily Bread: Monday - Friday 10:00am - 4:00pm
Website
Application process
Call or Walk-in
Eligibility
Residents of Jamestown, Little Compton, Middetown, Newport, Portsmouth, and Tiverton.
Service area
Newport County, RI
Agency info
Dr Martin Luther King Jr Community Center
Founded in 1922 and renamed honoring Dr. King in 1968, The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center is a central service provider for at-risk individuals, families and seniors. An independent nonprofit, the MLK Community Center fights hunger, promotes health, educates young and school age kids, supports families, and engages seniors all across Newport County. Hunger Programs include: an on-site food pantry providing access to non-perishable food items, frozen meat, fresh produce, bread and household and care items for Newport County residents; mobile food pantry rotates throughout the month to different neighborhoods; Food 2 Friends is a monthly service for home bound neighbors unable to come to MLK's on-site food pantry; on-site breakfast program serving hot meals weekdays 7:30 am - 9:30 am at their Edward Street Entrance (eat in or take out); Lunch Program runs Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, first come, first served; Produce to the People fresh produce distribution to anyone in Newport County, offered June through September; and holiday and Thanksgiving food program for Newport county residents, with registration usually opening in late September. Education Programs include: licensed Preschool for children 3-5 years of age; After school Academy for students from kindergarten to 4th grade (-call for costs/DHS childcare subsidies are accepted and scholarships are available for families with demonstrated need); and Summer Adventure Camp, an 8-week literacy, science and math-based program for children entering 1st grade through those entering 5th grade. Call for costs for each of these three education programs. DHS childcare subsidies are accepted and scholarships are available for families with demonstrated need. Community Programs include: Nutrition, Education & Cooking provides nutrition counseling and cooking demonstrations; Physical Fitness classes; HIV/Hep C Testing and VNS Clinic; Wellness classes; senior lunch & learns the first and third Wednesday of each month; and MLK Friends lunches and dinners held monthly. They also run a collaborative overnight warming center from mid-January through mid March (call for exact dates). Anyone needing transportation to the Warming Center should call the RIO Team at 401-846-1213 x. 1. Holiday Help includes Thanksgiving and holiday food pantry and Santa's Workshop which offers registered families the opportunity to choose holiday gifts and toys for their children.