Patricia Daddona
Granite gives $4,322 to scholarship fund
LINCOLN – Granite Telecommunications LLC has donated $4,322 to the Gary “Cooter” Hopkins Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund after employees participated in Jeans Days.
The contribution...
Junior Achievement awards scholarships
NEW BEDFORD – The first Junior Achievement Titan Challenge in financial literacy awarded scholarships to top winners at the end of March.
Forty-eight student teams...
GTECH gives $86K<br> to United Way campaign
PROVIDENCE – GTECH Corp. contributed $86,641 to the United Way of Rhode Island as part of its launch of its annual “Live United” campaign.
GTECH’s...
Mansion attendance improves for fifth consecutive year
NEWPORT – Visits to the mansions managed by the Preservation Society of Newport County increased by 2.5 percent during the nonprofit’s fiscal 2014 year...
Blood Centers of America merges with Minn. blood-center group
PROVIDENCE – Blood Centers of America Inc. announced Wednesday, April 2, that it has merged with Minneapolis-based GSABC Cooperative Corp., effective April 1.
As one...
PWCVB encourages buyers to ‘do over’ canceled winter outings
PROVIDENCE – Getting past the winter doldrums by encouraging “do-overs” on April 12 is the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau’s latest strategy for...
Tax credit encourages donations to SGOs
Fla Lewis, the principal of Weybosset Research and Management in Providence, is donating about $22,000 a year for two years to one of five...
Roger Williams plans ‘Human Library’
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University will host a statewide “Human Library” in Rhode Island on March 30.
Modeled on a traditional library, a human library...
United Way seeks shared-services applicants
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island is seeking applicants for funding for its Merger and Shared Services Fund.
UWRI has released a request for...
Hilario chairs AIDS Project fundraiser
WJAR-TV NBC 10 news anchor and reporter Mario Hilario is serving as chairman for the AIDS Project Rhode Island’s Dining Out for Life fundraiser.
The...












