Community Service

Community mourns victim of housing complex shooting

Community Service 12/20/2019

WESTERLY (AP) — Friends of a Rhode Island woman gunned down in a shooting at a housing complex that wounded two others remembered her...

BankNewport serves community in many ways

Community Service 12/13/2019

KITCHEN CAMARADERIE: BankNewport employees, from left, Katie Upham, Cindy Cunningham, Lesley Behan, Katie Blight, Isabel Tiagno and Dan Silverman help prepare meals for people...

RHODE ISLAND ranked No. 45 among all states in WalletHub's Most Charitable States in America 2019 report. / COURTESY WALLETHUB

WalletHub: R.I. ranks among least charitable in U.S.

Community Service 12/03/2019

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 45 among states in WalletHub’s Most Charitable States in America 2019 in a report Tuesday. Rhode Island ranked lowest...

REHAB MASON Mike DeQuattro works on the deteriorated limestone strip at the top of the fascia of the Providence Public Library’s Empire Street wing in May. The library has been awarded $750,000 by the Champlin Foundation for the ongoing construction work. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Champlin Foundation approves $18M in grants for R.I. nonprofits

Community Service 11/22/2019

CRANSTON – The Champlin Foundation on Friday announced $18 million in grants that will be awarded to dozens of mission-driven organizations across Rhode Island. A...

Employees at blumshapiro pull above their weight

Community Service 11/01/2019

UNSTOPPABLE FORCE: Staffers from Blum, Shapiro & Co. PC line up and attempt to pull a jet plane during the MS Jet Pull in...

PBN named ‘Distinguished Newspaper’ for 2019 by NENPA

Community Service 10/11/2019

WORCESTER, Mass. – Providence Business News was recognized as a “Distinguished Newspaper” among specialty publications by the New England Newspaper and Press Association at...

Signature volunteer programs keep Hasbro employees giving back

Community Service 08/23/2019

LENDING A HAND: Team Hasbro members Hannah Petrie, foreground, senior coordinator on the employee experience team at Hasbro Inc., and project engineer Bethany Whalen,...

Starkweather employees help those in need

Community Service 06/28/2019

QUALITY VISIT: Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. assistant account manager Felicia DePasquale works with Bob Speaker, a senior resident at Hattie Ide Chaffee...

Collette pitches in for PPL

Community Service 05/31/2019

BUILDING CONNECTIONS: Collette Travel Services Inc. employees Brianna Hardy (front), production design specialist, and Emily Bernstein, relationship specialist, construct bookcases as part of a...