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April is National Financial Literacy month, and RBS Citizens Financial Group marked the occasion by announcing $2 million in 2013 grants to benefit nonprofit financial education programs in communities served by Citizens Bank, RBS Citizens and Charter One.
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4/29/13
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The Hilton Garden Inn in Warwick has joined forces with Feeding America, a national domestic hunger-relief organization, for the Breakfast with Heart campaign.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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Webster Bank employees raised $1.27 million for the United Way in the 2012 Employee Community Campaign, according to a press release from the bank.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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More than 100 golfers recently took to the greens to support Providence Children’s Museum, which raised $32,500 to fund its hands-on exhibits and educational programs.
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8/27/12
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A series of fundraisers to restore camp facilities in Slater Park destroyed by a fire late last year will begin with a Dining for Dollars event on Feb. 18 at Bertucci’s at the Emerald Square Mall in North Attleboro.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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New Bedford Community Rowing’s youth rowing clinics received a recent boost, thanks to a $2,000 donation from BayCoast Bank.
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8/20/12
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If a nonprofit wants an upcoming fundraiser to be considered for a calendar listing, email information to nonprofit@PBN.com at least four weeks in advance of the event.
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By PBN Staff
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United Way of Rhode Island President and CEO Anthony Maione believes the local economy is slowly improving. As the man in charge of the nonprofit that raised $13 million in its last fiscal year, he knows what he’s talking about. Rhode Island is emerging from the hardest fundraising climate Maione has ever seen, but signs of life have returned.
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By Victor Alvarez |
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The Rhode Island Farm Bureau, the state’s nongovernmental, voluntary organization of farm and ranch families, recently wrapped up Food Check-Out Week by donating local food to the Ronald McDonald House in Providence.
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By Lindsay Lorenz |
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After its equipment began to show its age, community members in Smithfield recently came together to help rebuild the Old County Road School playground.
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9/10/12
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