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The seventh annual Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival, benefitting the The Preservation Society of Newport County, will take place Sept. 21-23.
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10/8/12
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Dale K. Klatzker, president and CEO at The Providence Center, was awarded the Bronze Key Award by the Rhode Island Affiliate of the National Council on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependence in late September.
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The Artic Mission, a Christian Mission nonprofit organization, will host an electronic waste and paper shredding event to raise funds for its heating assistance program on Sept. 8 at Cardi’s Furniture stores on Quaker Lane in West Warwick and Newport Avenue in South Attleboro from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Centreville Bank, a mutual savings bank that operates seven branches in Rhode Island, has donated $50,000 to the University of Rhode Island to support undergraduate scholarships for Rhode Island students through the Centreville Bank Scholarship Endowment established at the URI Foundation in 1996.
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The Lincoln location of Lapels Dry Cleaning, an environmentally friendly dry cleaning company headquartered in Hanover, Mass., collected the largest amount of clothing – 600 pounds – of all participating locations during the company’s recent clothing drive to benefit Big Brother and Big Sister of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning Center will hold its Adult Education Kick-off 2012 on Sept. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the organization’s front parking lot on Elmwood Avenue.
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100+ Women Who Care in Rhode Island, a group of women dedicated to supporting local charitable organizations, recently donated $10,000 to The Providence Center’s Home Base program to support homeless people with behavioral health problems to find and stay in housing and improve their lives.
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First-grade students at John J. Doran Community School in Fall River recently wrapped up a month-long lesson designed to stress the importance of using money wisely.
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6/11/12
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National Grid has pledged $700 to the Joe Andruzzi Foundation’s Patient Touchdown Program every time Tom Brady throws a regular season touchdown pass and match public donations, dollar for dollar up to $75,000 for the foundation’s “Touchdowns by Tom” campaign.
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By Rebecca Keister |