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Tracey Cunningham-Martins was named CEO and president of Cranston-based AccessPoint RI in 2022. She previously served as associate director of employment for the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Be inclusive for all

Tracey Cunningham-Martins | AccessPoint RI CEO and president Matching individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those with barriers to employment with suitable employers is...
ATTENDEES OBSERVE a collection of bowls during the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's Empty Bowls fundraiser in 2019. The Empty Bowls fundraiser returns March 27 at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

Philanthropy Calendar, March 13, 2024

Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
PVDFEST WILL BE HELD on Sept. 6-7 and return to downtown Providence this year. / COURTESY FIRSTWORKS

PVDFest returns to downtown Providence Sept. 6-7

PROVIDENCE – The city’s largest outdoor arts and culture celebration will once again be held in early September. Additionally, the festivities will return to a...

BankRI launches annual book drive to support local students

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island recently launched its annual Children’s Book Drive in support of Books Are Wings, a Pawtucket-based nonprofit that puts free...
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE GREENHOUSE on Thursday launched its new GROW Woonsocket initiative to help support local businesses in northern Rhode Island.

Social Enterprise Greenhouse launches GROW Woonsocket to enhance business development

WOONSOCKET – A local business development resource organization is now branching out with a new initiative to help provide support to small businesses closer...

Five Questions With: Nancy Wolanski

Nancy Wolanski is the inaugural director of the new, statewide Alliance for Nonprofit Impact at the United Way of Rhode Island Inc. On Jan....
ATTENDEES HOLD PORTRAITS at a recent Rhode Island Vegan Awareness painting fundraising event. The organization will hold a Paint & Sip Fundraiser on Feb. 24 at Plant City in Providence. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND VEGAN AWARENESS

Philanthropy Calendar, Feb. 28, 2024

Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
ARTHUR S. ROBBINS, a co-founder of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau who also served for 41 years on HopeHealth's board of directors, died Tuesday at the age of 91. / COURTESY HOPEHEALTH

Former PWCVB founder, longtime HopeHealth board member Robbins dies at 91

PROVIDENCE – Arthur S. Robbins, a local business leader who co-founded the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau and served four decades on HopeHealth’s...
KEVIN COLANTONIO, 34, of North Providence, was taken into federal custody on Thursday as part of an investigation into fires set at Shiloh Gospel Church. / COURTESY U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

North Providence man charged with setting fire to church

NORTH PROVIDENCE – A local man has been taken into federal custody and charged via a criminal complaint for allegedly setting fire to a...
OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEM INC.'S sign auction raised $27,092 in support of the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. / COURTESY OLNEYVILLE NEW YORK SYSTEM INC.

Olneyville New York System’s sign auction raises $27K for R.I. food...

PROVIDENCE – When he decided to put the restaurant’s historic 1954 neon sign up for auction to support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank,...
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