RESCUES: Volunteer Bryan Houle and staff member Lexi Bouchard walk dogs while Executive Director Elizabeth Skrobisch holds new arrival Minnie at Animal Rescue Rhode Island in South Kingstown. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM
Unable to hold in-person events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 401Gives Day, a fundraising initiative created by the United Way of Rhode Island, took on much greater importance for Animal Rescue Rhode Island. Elizabeth Skrobisch, Animal Rescue Rhode Island executive director, said 401Gives Day was one of many crucial lifelines that were strung together to…