Employees at Embrace Home Loans in Newport again continued the company’s tradition of assembling Thanksgiving baskets for those in need during the holiday. more

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee last week announced that longtime aide Stephen R. Hourahan will return to Family Service of Rhode Island as chief advancement officer. more

After receiving a grant from the National Grid Foundation, Read to Succeed, a local summer-literacy and scholarship-incentive program, now has an extra $9,600 to put toward the future success of its participants. more

Salve Regina University’s Sigma Beta Delta national business honor society recently partnered with Sodexo Dining Services to raise $603 for the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center’s food pantry. more

PROVIDENCE – More than $113,000 was awarded in the December 2012 round of grants from the R.I. State Council on the Arts. According to a news release, the grants will go to support art-in-education projects and individual-artist fellowships and projects for the remainder of this fiscal year. more

In response to destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy, the AARP Foundation has donated $10,000 to two local organizations. more

College-preparedness programs here are working to engage students but need to be expanded, according to a new study that gives voice to those most affected by the issue – Rhode Island students from families with low incomes. more

Seventy-seven nonprofits received a welcomed holiday-season boost Dec. 19, sharing $1.2 million generated from the 2012 CVS Caremark Charity Classic. PGA tour professionals and tournament co-hosts Brad Faxon, second row, fourth from left, and Billy Andrade, first row, second from right, joined CVS Caremark President and CEO Larry Merlo, first from right, at the presentation at CVS Caremark headquarters. more

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has announced Elizabeth Francis as its new executive director. more

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