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A donation today of 1,000 turkeys from Stop & Shop to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank marks the start of the 2012 Food Bank’s Holiday Meal Drive which will run through Dec. 31.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Webster Bank, the Waterbury-based regional bank serving businesses and consumers from Westchester County, N.Y., to Boston, has made a $10,000 donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to help support those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
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By Michael Souza |
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Companies and others looking to make charitable contributions typically don’t need help finding nonprofits and others in need.
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By Alli-Michelle Conti |
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At the Johnston headquarters of FM Global, it’s not unusual to find employees building castles from Legos. They’re preparing for a company contest that raises money for the United Way of Rhode Island.
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By John Larrabee
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A wish recently came true for one Warwick resident who needed a laptop with special software to complete college coursework.
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11/12/12
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A recent in-store promotion allowed three area Whole Foods Market stores to give more than $12,000 to the
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At an event Wednesday at the Warwick Public Library, Rhode Island Kids Count Policy Analyst Stephanie Geller presented Warwick-centric data from the 2012 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook, showing the improvements and declines in the well-being of the city’s children and youth.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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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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By Rebecca Keister |
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Chelo’s Restaurant Group, a family-owned restaurant company in Rhode Island, has raised $12,080 to help fund child and family behavioral health services at The Provide Center at the company’s 25th annual Golf Classic held last September at the Cranston Country Club.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Staff and clients of Re-Focus Inc., a Providence nonprofit that serves Rhode Island adults with development disabilities, will have Thanksgiving dinner at Gracie’s, a Washington Street restaurant, for the second consecutive year.
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By Rebecca Keister |