Annual 401Gives Day raises $3.09M for 507 local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Back on April 1 during 401Gives Day, United Way of Rhode Island CEO and President Cortney Nicolato’s team members attended an event...
Ocean State Job Lot collects 47K winter coats for military veterans
PROVIDING WARMTH: Ocean State Job Lot collected 47,500 winter coats for military veterans in need this past winter through its 2021 “Buy, Give, Get”...
Burrillville elementary teacher receives $25,000 Milken Award
BURRILLVILLE – Nancie Lawrence, a teacher at the Steere Farm Elementary School in Burrillville, was awarded a $25,000 unrestricted grant as a Milken Educator...
R.I. State Police Col. James Manni hired as South Kingstown town...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – R.I. State Police Col. James M. Manni is returning to municipal government as a town manager once again.
After serving for three...
Senior Agenda Coalition of R.I. hires Beaudreau as executive director
PROVIDENCE – The Senior Agenda Coalition of Rhode Island, an organization advocating on behalf of the state's senior population, has hired Bernard J. Beaudreau...
Rhode Island Medical Imaging and Rhode Island College create endowed scholarship
HEALTHY BOOST: Rhode Island Medical Imaging Inc. recently worked with Rhode Island College to create the Rhode Island Medical Imaging Endowed Scholarship. The Warwick-based...
Job Lot Charitable Foundation provides police with bicycles
SMOOTH RIDES: The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation recently donated 26 new GenZe E222B electric bicycles, each one valued at $1,300, to the...
Bank of America provides funds, leadership training for nonprofits
VITAL SUPPORT: Bank of America Corp. awarded two Rhode Island nonprofits $200,000 each in grant funding, as well as a year of leadership training...
Report recommends new department to shift responsibilities from Providence police
PROVIDENCE – The city could cut costs, improve services and make its police and fire departments more efficient by creating a new department to...
United Way’s 401 Gives Day eclipses $2M in raised funds for...
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island’s second annual 401 Gives Day exceeded the organization's own expectations Thursday, and all the while gave the...
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