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Meals on Wheels gets $50K grant
WEST WARWICK – Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island has received a $50,000 grant award from the Centreville Savings Bank Charitable Foundation.
The...
RISD, State Dept. collaborate to bring design thinking to policy
PROVIDENCE – The first-ever Institute for Design and Public Policy at the Rhode Island School of Design brings together 24 leaders and strategists from...
Report recommends ways to revitalize Pawtucket’s downtown
PAWTUCKET – A new report aimed at revitalizing Pawtucket’s downtown recommends broad strategizing and concrete steps like rebuilding the downtown parking garage.
Dubbed “Strengthening Downtown,”...
Colleges put research tools within reach
Sometimes, a million-dollar microscope is a business' tool of choice, though it may not be available in-house.
Recently, battery engineer Christine Cook of the Yardney...
An artist’s eye on design
In 2012, veteran high school teacher Lee Chartier, 59, of South Kingstown, who has degrees in art, history and adult education and experience redesigning...
Nonprofit fundraising in a box
Entrepreneurship in a box?
That's part of the concept of Truepreneurs, a new limited liability company formed last year in Providence by 23-year-old founder and...
Moby Dick golf event raises $36K for Boy Scouts
The Narragansett Council Boy Scouts of America hosted 123 golfers at its 24th annual Moby Dick Scouting Golf Classic recently, raising more than $36,000....
Fidelity volunteers work at Roger Williams
PROVIDENCE – More than 200 Fidelity Investments volunteers to help revitalize learning environments at Roger Williams Middle School during the seventh-annual School Transformation Day...
Five Questions With: Michael G. Fantom
Michael G. Fantom has led Ronald McDonald House of Providence since September 2005. He has worked in the nonprofit field in administration and mission-based...
IYRS Summer Gala raises $1M+
(Updated, 10:05 a.m., July 27)
NEWPORT – About 650 supporters attended the 18th annual IYRS Summer Gala recently, raising more than $1 million for the...
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