Lucille Gaboriault of Providence has been appointed director of development at IN-SIGHT. The Warwick-based nonprofit formerly was the Rhode Island Association for the Blind. Gaboriault will be responsible for all fundraising, marketing and public relations activities. She previously was director of development at AIDS Projects Rhode Island.
PBN: What sort of services does IN-SIGHT provide?
GABORIAULT: A wide array …. We operate an industrial workshop in East Providence that employs 20 people who are blind or visually impaired; facilitate 13 monthly peer support groups around the state; offer in-home case management services; operate a technology center; provide free low-vision assessments, in our low vision clinic; operate the state’s only radio reading service (IN-SIGHT Radio); and offer a full range of rehabilitation programs that build daily living skills.
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PBN: Do you see those programs changing?
GABORIAULT: The ideas that have been suggested include expanding our programs for youth, providing technology classes for people with other disabilities besides vision loss, offering our programs at satellite locations in the northern and southern parts of the state, launching a series of educational workshops for caregivers, and moving IN-SIGHT Radio to digital technology. I will … help implement some of these changes, and identify the funding to make them possible.
PBN: Before joining IN-SIGHT, you worked for AIDS Project Rhode Island. What has drawn you to these projects?
GABORIAULT: My background is in the corporate area. I managed a corporate community relations program before joining AIDS Project Rhode Island. APRI was one of three agencies the associates chose to volunteer and support through fundraisers; I became involved with the agency through my position there. I was drawn to IN-SIGHT by the services they offer to empower people, along with a compassionate and pro-active staff that has the clients’ best interest.
PBN: What are the differences between for-profit and nonprofit marketing efforts?
GABORIAULT: In many ways, they are similar. We are faced with the challenge of how to get our message out to our target audience, with limited resources, in an intensely competitive environment.
