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THE UPCOMING 401GIVES DAY on April 1 hopes to both raise $4.01 million for local nonprofits and attract new donors to contribute to local causes.

Nonprofits seeking more money, new donors on upcoming 401Gives Day

PROVIDENCE – More money being contributed to local nonprofits is always the annual goal for 401Gives Day, and this coming April 1 will be...
SILVER LINING: ­Eduardo Naya, director of marketing for Skills for Rhode Island’s Future, says there’s a silver lining to more older workers entering the workforce, which ensures their knowledge that used to be under­utilized in retirement – 
or relocated to Florida – stays in Rhode Island.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

READY AND ABLE: Older workers filling R.I. employment gaps

After 35 years in insurance marketing, the last 20 with Rhode Island-based Amica ­Mutual Insurance Co. managing multimillion-dollar campaigns, Eduardo Naya tried to retire. It...
CAPITAL IDEAS: 
Jennifer Ventriglia, seated, director of accounting for The Capital Good Fund, speaks with Chadria Major-Thomas, senior human resources manager, at the fund’s headquarters in Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

14,000 loans later, Capital Good Fund still aiming to do good

Sherlie Martinez had just given birth to her daughter, but the single mother was struggling to keep up with her bills and was racking...
WORTH IT? Lisa Roth Blackman, chief philanthropy officer at Rhode Island Community Food Bank, says the nonprofit had hoped that cryptocurrency might be a useful way for some to make donations, but it hasn’t worked out that way.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Crypto hasn’t lived up to promise for R.I. nonprofits

In 2022, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank ­announced it would start ­accepting donations of crypto­currency, joining a small group of local nonprofits seeking...
GOING STRONG: 
John Vitko, left, customer service, and assembly worker George Durfee are part of an older workforce that manufacturer VIBCO Inc. continues to rely heavily on, according to CEO Karl ­Wadensten. 
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TRACY JENKINS

Older workers one answer to filling state employment gaps

Rhode Island is becoming increasingly dependent on older workers. While it is in the state’s best interests to see this trend reversed by an...
Heather Singleton joined the Rhode 
Island Hospitality Association 26 years ago as 
a Johnson & Wales University internship student. She became chief operating officer in 2015 and 
in March was named interim CEO and president. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Personalize your board of directors

Heather Singleton | Rhode Island Hospitality Association interim CEO and president Now is the time to check in on your board of directors and determine...