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REBUILDING TOGETHER, a national nonprofit that helps improve the lives and homes of low-income homeowners, was collecting material recently for a trip to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Donating was Melissa Dwinnell, who works for Rhode Island Housing. /

All for a good cause

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

STEPHEN LANE, co-founder and CEO of the Providence-based Item Group, speaks at BIF’s third annual Collaborative Innovation Summit, held Oct. 10 and 11 at Trinity Repertory Company. /

BIF fosters connections across fields, industries

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

M.J. Kaplan, a consultant who works with RI Housing Works, got a commitment from the nationally hailed “green” architect Chris Benedict to come to...

GETTING OUT: U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (with Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline) hopes a bill he introduced in Congress will help get more children out of the classroom to learn about nature. /

Environmental groups pin hopes on Reed bill

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

Lawrence Taft, executive director of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, first noticed a problem back in 2003. That’s when schools, straining under skyrocketing...

LAURA ADAMS, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute, combines the perspective of a nurse with the business savvy of former mentor W. Edwards Deming. /

Spreading the quality gospel across R.I., the nation

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

This is the fourth in a series of 12 PBN articles focusing on the backgrounds, challenges and successes of some of the area’s most...

Preserve R.I. issues call for grant applicants

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

PROVIDENCE – Preserve Rhode Island, the statewide historic preservation education and advocacy group, says the deadline is nearing for “mini-grants” to aid local historic...

BSMG golf event yields $70K for Amos House

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

More than 130 financial service professionals participated in the fifth annual Brokers’ Service Marketing Group charity golf tournament to raise money for and awareness...

FROM LEFT, Peggy LaVin, vice president of S/L/A/M; Kevin Herrick, principal; scholarship winners Brian Fontaine, Katelyn Chapin and Andrew Cabana; Janet Zwolinski, assistant architecture dean, and Stephen White, dean. /

RWU alumnus helps start architecture scholarship

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

Roger Williams University’s School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation has teamed up with local architecture firm S/L/A/M Collaborative to create a scholarship program...

‘One-third of the households served by the Food Bank have one or more working adults.’ /

Food Bank seeks to make offerings more nutritious

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

Lisa Roth Blackman has been named senior director of development and communications at the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. She is returning to the...

MUSIC AND ART LOVERS gathered in the main gallery of the RISD Museum on Oct. 12 for the premiere of "Music Fridays," a new monthly cocktail hour designed to bring new audiences into the museum. The first event featured Flamenco-Afro-Cuban groove music by the band Experience and food by Waterplace restaurant. /

Music in the museum

Nonprofit 10/20/2007

THE ISHA will recognize International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum CEO Mark Stenning for his decades of service to the sports-heritage industry. /

Tennis Hall of Fame CEO to be honored

Nonprofit 10/19/2007

FLORENCE, Ore. – The International Sports Heritage Association has selected Mark Stenning, CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum in Newport,...

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